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

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Simplified etymology

Wig is a late-17th-century shortening of periwig. Periwig developed through English perwyke from Middle French perrucque, “wig,” which was borrowed from Italian perrucca; the Italian word’s earlier origin is unknown.

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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