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PRONUNCIATION OF FRIGHT WIG

fright wig play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRIGHT WIG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fright wig is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FRIGHT WIG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fright wig in the English dictionary

The definition of fright wig in the dictionary is a wig with frizzy hair standing straight up from the surface. Other definition of fright wig is a hairstyle resembling this.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRIGHT WIG

frig
frigate
frigate bird
frigatoon
Frigg
Frigga
frigged
frigger
frigging
fright
frighten
frightened
frightener
frighteners
frightening
frighteningly
frightful
frightfully
frightfulness
frightsome

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRIGHT WIG

bagwig
bewig
bigwig
bobwig
buzzwig
Chlodwig
Eadwig
earwig
lawyer´s wig
periwig
Schleswig
swig
twig
wig

Synonyms and antonyms of fright wig in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fright wig» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRIGHT WIG

Find out the translation of fright wig to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fright wig from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fright wig» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

惊吓假发
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

peluca susto
570 millions of speakers

English

fright wig
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भय विग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شعر مستعار رعب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

испуг парик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

peruca susto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভীতি wig
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

perruque effroi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rambut palsu ketat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schreck Perücke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

恐怖のかつら
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공포 가발
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wig fright
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tóc giả sợ hãi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பயமுறுத்தும் விக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धास्ती विग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Korkutma peruk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parrucca spavento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

strach peruka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

переляк перуку
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

peruca frică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρόμο περούκα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skrik wig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skrämsel peruk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skrekk parykk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fright wig

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRIGHT WIG»

The term «fright wig» is used very little and occupies the 156.516 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRIGHT WIG» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fright wig

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRIGHT WIG»

Discover the use of fright wig in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fright wig and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Eleventh Edition
... startling esp. in being bad or objectionable <a '— novel) 3 : EXTREME <"— thirst) — fright-fuMy \-fo-le\ adv — fright-fulness /; fright wig n (1886) : a wig with hair that stands out from the head frig-id Vfri-jadV adj [L frigidus, fr. frigere to be cold; ...
‎2004
2
Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America
The standard props are the old "ratty" dress, the false nose, and the "fright wig." The fright wig is the ugly wig as opposed to the beautiful wig. The hair on a fright wig is typically coarse, of uneven lengths, and flying off in as many directions as ...
Esther Newton, 1972
3
Fright Night on Channel 9: Saturday Night Horror Films on ...
After a dimly lit pitchfork killing at a walnut farm in the opening minutes, it took nearly 50 more minutes for anything to really start happening. A crazy old woman in a fright wig (who looked like Lionel Atwill in Mystery ofthe Wax Museum) finally  ...
James Arena, 2011
4
Idomeneo
... Elettra more or less cleans the stage of competition and sent me home wondering whether I had been underrating a potentially major singer. Even saddled with that ridiculous bride-of-Frankenstein fright wig, Vaness manages to make ...
5
Deadly Excitements: Shadows and Phantoms
Why, he'd get his face washed down to bedrock. Lordy, the women can't even keep themselves in repair when the suns' shining. And I don't think Nick Carter could, either. "You take the Spider, now. He puts on a fright wig and false teeth and ...
Robert Sampson, 1989
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Datapoint: The Lost Story of the Texans Who Invented the ...
Nineteen of the pictures show her in various stages of shock and fright, with her hair as a fright wig. In the twentieth, she's happy and confident. “About 45 minutes after the handsome thing is on her desk, she'll be an expert,” promised the ...
Lamont Wood, 2013
7
Ink from a Circus Press Agent: An Anthology of Circus ...
Harry Stanwood, the banjoist and Ethiopian comedian,29 stole to his room and returned wearing a fright wig and seated himself directly opposite the spook- spelling last registered. The man invoking the shade was a master at the art of ...
Charles H. Day, William Lawrence Slout, 1995
8
Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan: A Collaboration in the ...
Originally it included huge slap-soled shoes and white cotton gloves with padded fingers as well as the fright wig, clown pants and red flashing nose, but the shoes and gloves were eliminated, presumably to give Wallach more freedom of ...
Brenda Murphy, 1992
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The Player's Passion: Studies in the Science of Acting
This sudden perturbation astonished Garrick's audiences and has embarrassed his biographers, who have found in Perkins's fright wig a cause for baffled amusement and apologetic muddle — just the sort of claptrap that the actor was, alas, ...
Joseph R. Roach, 1985
10
The Handicapper General
These awe ouw fastest moving items. GEORGE. Oh, turn down the sound. It's the same old song. (HAZEL taps the remote. DIANA continues to mouth words but no sound is heard. She takes out a fright wig and seems to be demonstrating it.) ...
Kurt Vonnegut, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRIGHT WIG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fright wig is used in the context of the following news items.
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POLITICALLY DIRECT
Is America really yearning for a fright wig or a comb-over? That's not it. Both of these candidates have dared to address the elephants in their ... «WND.com, Jul 15»
2
Guess which famous artist used to live in this Hamptons home?
His timing for his white fright wig and pop art paintings of soup cans was well timed as post Eisenhower era society was looking for something ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jul 15»
3
O'TOOLE: My obsession with Hemingway
I arrived on the island wind-whipped, my hair a snarled fright wig. I was dehydrated and probably at least mildly sun-poisoned. Before visiting ... «Grand Haven Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Warhol gone wild
Seems incongruous, doesn't it, that the wan-looking pop art pioneer in the white fright wig and sunglasses -- known for large works inspired by ... «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
5
Phil Reisman: Hiking the wilds of Davids Island
This was when he was still married to Marla Maples and before the Friars Club officially declared his yellow fright wig a national joke. «The Journal News | LoHud.com, Jul 15»
6
“Brewing Bad' sparks debate on new way to make morphine
... heads of opium poppies are nodding gracefully in the wind — long stalks dressed in orange or white petals topped by a fright wig of stamens. «San Antonio Express-News, Jun 15»
7
Why sport and sham morality go so well together
He played under a long-haired fright wig, sometimes terrified that it would fall off at match point, and developed a taste for crystal meth. «Spectator.co.uk, Jun 15»
8
Celebrity Homes: Andy Warhol's Hamptons Beach Home For Sale
His timing for his white fright wig and pop art paintings of soup cans was well timed as post Eisenhower era society was looking for something ... «Virtual-Strategy Magazine, Jun 15»
9
TAKING IT FROM THE STREETS
... but the political blandishments coming out of Miami, or Roosevelt Island, or Donald Trump's fright wig all feel like so much hot air right now. «Philly.com, Jun 15»
10
Review: 'My Perfect Mind' Softens Fear of the Fallible With the Stuff …
By the way, for the occasion, Mr. Hunter has donned a white lab coat, a curly blond “Three Stooges” fright wig and a hokey German accent to ... «New York Times, Jun 15»

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