wigging

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of wig

plural wiggings

1. uncountableThe action of the verb wig (in various senses).
2. IrelandUKcolloquialcountabledatedA telling-off or reprimand.

   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’!

   1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Thrown Away”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 18

   Synonyms: earwigging

3. countableuncountablebroadcastingThe practice of male stuntmen performing for actresses.

   “So why are there so few women in the stunt industry? Many point to the practice of “wigging” – which is when male stunt actors play female characters.”

   2018, Daniel Lavelle, “Why stuntwomen are angry about 'wigging' – and are changing the industry from within”, in The Guardian