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wig out

wig out verb: to become extremely emotional or excitable; to lose control of one's emotions.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, slang) To become extremely emotional or excitable; to lose control of one's emotions.
    • Oh no, you didn't! You called me a what? / Don't make me wig out / How you gonna let some shit like that slip out your mouth?2003, “Let Me Watch”, in Vaudeville Villain, performed by Viktor Vaughn ft. Apani B. Fly
    • An organist wigged out like Rick Wakeman, the diamante lapels of Humza Yousaf’s kilt jacket sparkled, and out in the Mall, the procession began.2023 May 6, Rachel Cooke, “It was ludicrous but also magnificent: the coronation stirred every emotion”, in The Guardian
  2. (intransitive, slang) To behave in an extremely erratic or irrational manner; to lose one's mind.
  3. (slang, transitive) To cause to become extremely emotional or excitable.
    • Yeah, this is Creepy Steeple. That nasty monster's place... This place wigs me out...2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Creepy Steeple

Noun

wig out (plural wig outs)

  1. (slang) A chaotic or crazy episode.
    • “Let’s get high!” say Quill, Saturday’s opening act and maybe the most obscure name on the bill. They are also awful. They Live The Life lasts a leaden, eight minutes, ending in a percussive wig out with the band sarcastically chanting: “You’re so free!” This was played during one of the brief...2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian

wig out meaning in Urdu

wig out in Urdu

بےچین ہونا

Synonyms of wig out

Forms of wig out

Verb
third-person singular presentwigs out
present participlewigging out
past participlewigged out
pastwigged out
Noun
pluralwig outs

Origin of wig out

Compare freak out, etc., and flip one's wig.

Words formed from wig out

Questions about wig out

What does wig out mean?
Wig out means to become extremely emotional or excitable; to lose control of one's emotions.
What is wig out in Urdu?
Wig out in Urdu is بےچین ہونا. See Wig out meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is wig out?
Wig out can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of wig out?
The past tense of wig out is wigged out.

Words near wig out in the dictionary

  1. wig caps
  2. wig head
  3. wig heads
  4. wig on to
  5. wig onto
  6. wig out
  7. wig outs
  8. wig tree
  9. wig tree fern
  10. wig tree ferns
  11. wig-picker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wig out (page history and authors); wig out (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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