wig

Noun

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...
3. (dated, jargon, marine biology) An old seal.

Verb

wig (third-person singular simple present wigs, present participle wigging, simple past and past participle wigged)

1. To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).
2. (colloquial, transitive) To upbraid, reprimand.
3. (colloquial, intransitive, slang) 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.
4. (Multicultural-London-English, slang, transitive) 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 him2020, CR1 of Hoxton, “EC1 Block Bully”, 1:26

Interjection

1. (Internet) An expression of shock.

Adjective capitalized: WIG

WIG (not comparable)

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of wing-in-ground effect.

   Synonyms:

   wing-in-ground-effect, wing in ground-effect, wing-in-ground effect, wing in ground effect, WISE, wing in surface effect, wing-in-surface-effect, wing in surface-effect, wing-in-surface effect