wig
IPA: wˈɪg
noun
- 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.
- A bigwig
- (dated, among fishermen) An old seal.
verb
- To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).
- (transitive, colloquial) To upbraid, reprimand.
- (intransitive, colloquial, slang) To act in an extremely emotional way; to be overly excited, irritable, nervous, or fearful; behave erratically.
- (transitive, MLE, slang) To shoot in the head.
adjective
- (aviation, nautical) Initialism of wing-in-ground.
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Examples of "wig" in Sentences
- Jerry and George discuss the wig.
- Problems with the wig wag mechanism.
- Compliments of the Sheinhardt wig company.
- Married women generally wear wigs without kerchiefs.
- It's a movie, you can easily have a wig under a wig.
- They should have had her in a wig from the beginning.
- Royal patronage was crucial to the revival of the wig.
- Mask and wig celebrates the centennial of the clubhouse.
- The wigs are glued to the scalp of the wearer are reasonable durable.
- The wigs are glued to the scalp of the wearer and are reasonably durable.
- My wig is askew, I can feel it, so I try to tug at it without her seeing.
- Check out the video clip … at least the Gosselin wig is a funny sight gag.
- While the hair is growing, the women in wigs dance and cavort with Peaches.
- Brandy Navarre, X17: Viva Vesgo, the guy in the pink wig, is the Jay Leno of Brazil.
- Now, the wig is being sent to another woman who will be receiving breast-cancer treatments.
- From the pictures that I saw last week, the wig is also a lot shorter than her hair in New moon which is a shame.
- Of course, she probably made her co-star Taylor Lautner feel more at home considering his wearing a wig is nothing out of the ordinary.
- We may therefore suppose this wig [_shews a large wig_] to be a huge quarto in large paper; this is a duodecimo in small print [_takes the knowing head_]; and this a jockey's head, sweated down to ride a sweepstakes.
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