Wig vs Wigging - What's the difference?
wig | wigging |
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.
(dated, among fishermen) An old seal.
To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).
(colloquial) To upbraid, reprimand.
(colloquial) To become very excitable or emotional; to lose control of one's emotions.
(uncountable) The action of the verb to wig .
(countable, British, Ireland, colloquial, dated) A telling-off or reprimand.
* 1888 , , "Thrown Away", Plain Tales from the Hills (Folio Society 2005, p. 18)
As an adjective wig
is (aviation|nautical) wing-in-ground.As a verb wigging is
.As a noun wigging is
(uncountable) the action of the verb to wig .wig
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* hairpiece * toupee, toupe * peruke * periwigDerived terms
* bald wig * bewigged * fright wig * wigmaker * wig outVerb
(wigg)See also
* earwig * merkin * periwig * perukewigging
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- His Colonel talked to him severely when the cold weather ended. That made him more wretched than ever; and it was only an ordinary ‘Colonel's wigging ’!