Wig - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Wig :  (noun)
1: hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair
2: British slang for a scolding [syn: wigging]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Wigg \Wigg\,Wig : \Wig\, n. [Cf. D. wegge a sort of bread, G. weck, orig., a wedge-shaped loaf or cake. See Wedge.] A kind of raised seedcake. ``Wiggs and ale.'' --Pepys.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Wig : \Wig\, n. [Abbreviation from periwig.] 1. A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers.

2. An old seal; -- so called by fishermen.

Wig tree. (Bot.) See Smoke tree, under Smoke.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Wig : \Wig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Wigging.] To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold. [Slang]

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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