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wig

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

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#1·Apr 26, 2026

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

That guy must be high. Look how he's wigging.
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#2·Apr 26, 2026

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.

Origin: , itself an alteration of . 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!''. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#3·Apr 26, 2026

(dated) Among fishermen, an old seal.

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