wig
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wig¹
- /wɪɡ/
Sounds like Whig (wine–whine merger) · Rhymes with -ɪɡ
Where it comes from
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!
noun wigs
- A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness, for cultural or religious reasons, for fashion, or by actors to help them better resemble the character they are portraying. But wearing a wig is no reason to kill a man, with one or two notable exceptions.
- A bigwig. Ye’ve been grossly deceived and put upon, Milly, and it’s my belief his old ruffian of an uncle in a wig is in the plot against us.
- An old seal.
Similar: hairpiece, periwig, peruke, toupe, toupee, toupée, toupet
verb wigs · wigging · wigged
- To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).
- To upbraid, reprimand.
- 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.
- To shoot in the head. And I don't know nothin bout slippin Zombie killer or rambo twinnin Or a long pole like scaffold Just tryna rise and aim and wig him
interjection
- An expression of shock.
WIG²
adjective
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hairpiece, toupee, peruke, headwear, rug, weave, hair, crack, wagging, wag, photo, wam, periwig, perruque, postiche, mop
Translations
Every language
noun head of artificial hair
| Español | peluca, zorongo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 가발 gabal |
| 日本語 | 鬘, 仮髪 kahatsu, ウィッグ wiggu |
| 中文 | 假髮 /假发 jiǎfà |
| हिन्दी | उपकेश upkeś, विग vig |
| Kiswahili | wigi |
| Português | peruca |
| Français | perruque |
| Deutsch | Perücke |
| Italiano | parrucca |
| Ελληνικά | περούκα peroúka |
| Română | perucă |
| Русский | пари́к parík |
| Tiếng Việt | tóc giả |
| العربية | شَعْر مُسْتَعَار šaʕr mustaʕār, بَارُوكَة bārūka |
| עברית | פֵּאָה peá, פֵּאָה נָכְרִית peá nochrít |
verb Translations
| Español | cabellar, cabellarse |
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title = {wig},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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