wig

Meaning

Noun

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.
2. A bigwig
3. (dated) An old seal.

Verb

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.
4. (Multicultural-London-English, slang, transitive) To shoot in the head.

Intj

An expression of shock.

Synonyms

peruke

periwig

hairpiece

false hair

toupee

wigging

scold

jaw

lambaste

rug

scuffle

shag

yawp

hair piece

inky cap

shaggy ink cap

chide smb.

lawyer’s wig

shaggie

bawl

shaggy mane

berate

censure

chide

dignitary

frizz

hair-piece

Translations

perruque

parrucca

peluca

pruik

Perücke

peruca

περούκα

capillamentum

perruca

peruk

caliandrum

caliendrum

μαλιά

باروكة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɪɡ/

Etymology

Clipping of periwig, itself an alteration of French perruque. The meaning of "to reprimand" perhaps came from this being something a bigwig would do or perhaps from the expressions to flip one's wig, wigs on the green, or dash my wig!