wig

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

2. 2
   verb

   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.

3. 3
   verb

   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 him.

4. 4
   noun

   hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair

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!

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