wig

plural wigs

1. 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.

   1998 May 6, Douglas Watkinson et al., “Death in Disguise”, in Midsomer Murders

2. 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.

   1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 12, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC

3. datedjargonmarine biologyAn old seal.

present singular third person wigs · participle present wigging · participle past wigged · past wigged

1. To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).
2. colloquialtransitiveTo upbraid, reprimand.
3. colloquialintransitiveslangTo 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 EnglishslangtransitiveTo 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

   2020, CR1 of Hoxton, “EC1 Block Bully”, 1:26

1. InternetAn expression of shock.

1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparableaeronauticsInitialism of wing-in-ground effect.

   Synonyms: wing-in-ground-effect, wing in ground-effect, wing-in-ground effect, wing in ground effect, WISE, WiSE, wing in surface effect, wing-in-surface-effect