wig
To put on a wig; to provide with a wigTo put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).
» Tom put on a black wig.
Том надел чёрный парик.
Том одягнув чорну перуку.
Meaning
4 sensesTo put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).
(colloquial, transitive)To upbraid, reprimand.
(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.
(Multicultural London English, slang, transitive)To shoot in the head.
Examples
201 sentencesTom put on a black wig.
Том одягнув чорну перуку.
ruТом надел чёрный парик.
You're wearing a wig, aren't you?
Ти у парику, так?
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.
Is that a wig?
Це перука?
ruЭто парик?
deIst das eine Perücke?
Tom is wearing a wig.
Том у перуці.
ruТом в парике.
deTom hat eine Perücke auf.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Clipping of periwig, itself an alteration of French perruque. The meaning of "to reprimandClipping 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!
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Forms
wigs, wigging, wigged, wiggedWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle