Meaning

4 senses
  1. To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).

  2. (colloquial, transitive)To upbraid, reprimand.

  3. (colloquial, intransitive, slang)To act in an extremely emotional way; to be overly excited, irritable, nervous, or fearful; behave erratically.

    That guy must be high. Look how he's wigging.

  4. (Multicultural London English, slang, transitive)To shoot in the head.

Examples

201 sentences
  1. Tom put on a black wig.

    Том одягнув чорну перуку.

    ruТом надел чёрный парик.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. You're wearing a wig, aren't you?

    Ти у парику, так?

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. I'm pretty sure Tom wears a wig.

    Я впевнений, що Том носить перуку.

    ruЯ довольно таки уверен, что Том носит парик.

    deIch bin mir ziemlich sicher, dass Tom Perücke trägt.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. Is that a wig?

    Це перука?

    ruЭто парик?

    deIst das eine Perücke?

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. Tom is wearing a wig.

    Том у перуці.

    ruТом в парике.

    deTom hat eine Perücke auf.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Clipping of periwig, itself an alteration of French perruque. The meaning of "to reprimand

Clipping of periwig, itself an alteration of French perruque. The meaning of "to reprimand" perhaps came from this being something a bigwig would do or perhaps from the expressions to flip one's wig, wigs on the green, or dash my wig!

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

wigs, wigging, wigged, wigged
Base formwig · to wig
3rd person singularwigs
Present participlewigging
Past simplewigged
Past participlewigged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywig
he, she, itwigs

Past simpleLesson

all personswigged

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wig

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wig — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto