Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To urge forward; drive briskly.

  2. (intransitive)To jog along; move or work briskly.

  3. (transitive)To weird out or disturb someone.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. William Pitt the Elder was perhaps the most influential member of the Whig party.

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  2. What're the Whigs called nowadays?

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  3. He's a Whig.

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Origin

Compare frig, jig

Compare frig, jig

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Forms

whigs, whigging, whigged, whigged
Base formwhig · to whig
3rd person singularwhigs
Present participlewhigging
Past simplewhigged
Past participlewhigged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywhig
he, she, itwhigs

Past simpleLesson

all personswhigged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave whigged
he, she, ithas whigged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill whig

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
whiffwhileB1
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