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Meaning of "wigging" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WIGGING

wigging  [ˈwɪɡɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WIGGING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wigging 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 WIGGING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of wigging in the English dictionary

The definition of wigging in the dictionary is a rebuke or reprimand. Other definition of wigging is the shearing of wool from the head of a sheep.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WIGGING


bigging
ˈbɪɡɪŋ
earwigging
ˈɪəˌwɪɡɪŋ
frigging
ˈfrɪɡɪŋ
gold-digging
ˈɡəʊldˌdɪɡɪŋ
jigging
ˈdʒɪɡɪŋ
jury-rigging
ˈdʒʊərɪˌrɪɡɪŋ
ligging
ˈlɪɡɪŋ
outrigging
ˈaʊtˌrɪɡɪŋ
plaguing
ˈpleɪɡɪŋ
price-rigging
ˈpraɪsˌrɪɡɪŋ
rejigging
ˌriːˈdʒɪɡɪŋ
rigging
ˈrɪɡɪŋ
unrigging
ʌnˈrɪɡɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WIGGING

wig
wig out
Wig.
Wigan
wigeon
wigga
wigged
wigger
wiggery
wiggle
wiggle room
wiggler
wiggly
wiggy
wight
wightly
wigless
wiglet
wiglike
wigmaker

WORDS THAT END LIKE WIGGING

bagging
begging
bragging
changing
debugging
dogging
dragging
flagging
gagging
hogging
hugging
jogging
lagging
legging
logging
nagging
pegging
plugging
sagging
tagging
tugging

Synonyms and antonyms of wigging in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wigging» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WIGGING

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

Translator English - Chinese

wigging
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

wigging
570 millions of speakers

English

wigging
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

wigging
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التأنيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

взбучку
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

repreensão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

wigging
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

attrapade
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengsan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wigging
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

叱責
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

wigging
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wigging
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự khiển trách
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

wigging
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेटिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

azarlama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Wigging
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wigging
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прочухана
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mustrare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

wigging
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitbrander
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Wigging
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

wigging
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wigging

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WIGGING»

The term «wigging» is normally little used and occupies the 112.621 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WIGGING» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WIGGING»

Discover the use of wigging in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wigging and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sheep Management and Wool Technology
Wigging. Crutching consists of shearing wool away from the breech, over the tail and down the back of the hind legs, thus making those parts the same as in recently shorn animals. It is carried out mainly to prevent blowfly strike in the breech ...
J. B. D'Arcy, 1990
2
The New York School Poets and the Neo-Avant-Garde: Between ...
The Payne Whitney poems also begin with a journey, but in a very different register: Trip Wigging in, wigging out: when I stop to think the wires in my head cross: kaboom. How many trips by ambulance (five, count them five), claustrated, pill ...
Dr Mark Silverberg, 2013
3
Yarns by BP
SHEEP WIGGING I have often had a wigging and when my host asked me to come and see a wigging I thought, for the moment, I was going to hear him abuse one of the farm hands. Not a bit of it! We came to some pens — what we would call ...
Lord Robert Baden-Powell, Scouts Australia, 2013
4
Highest Motions
I'm a madhatter, baby, want your world and you with it - crazy from the ground up and ground up into little bits of need want love lust - hell I am just bouncing off walls and wigging out at the idea of you with me and the flavor of your laughter, ...
Scott Adelmann, 2005
5
It's Probably Nothing...*: *Or How I Learned to Stop ...
Wigging. out. “you'll need one of these,” the nurse practitioner says, and hands me a catalogue filled with the head of a beatific-looking young woman of about twenty-two with perfect makeup and very white teeth modeling hundreds of different ...
Micki Myers, 2013
6
A Slow Cold Death
ThirtyThree: Wigging. Out. L ORI HAD BEEN AWAKE for an hour, and was just starting over again counting the seven hundred and twentyone little tiles when the guy from the legal office came to get her out. As Abby had promised, it went ...
Susy Gage, 2012
7
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
The same as hook-me-dinghy, q.v.: nautical: late C.19-20. (Bowen) See also gadget, and widget. wify. See wifey. wig, n. A severe scolding or reprimand: 1804 (Sir J. Malcolm: OED): s. >, by 1890, coll.; ob. by 1935. Cf. wigging, much more gen.
Eric Partridge, 2006
8
Memoirs of William Tayler
the awful Sudder Board, of which Mr. (now Sir Charles) Trevelyan was secretary; and I well remember, when passing some days in the house of Mr. Mangles, his saying while at his desk, “I am writing you a wigging for insubordination, Tayler; ...
William Tayler, Caturbhuja, 1990
9
Constructional Approaches to English Grammar
1900 W. DICKINSON & E. W. PREVOST Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (rev. ed.) 231/2 He gev him a good nointin'. 1995 J. M. SIMS-KIMBREY Wodds & Doggerybaw 206/2 Nointin, a good hiding. wigging 'a severe rebuke': 1813 [see WIG n.3 4].
Graeme Trousdale, Nikolas Gisborne, 2008
10
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
reprimand n syn REBUKE, admonishment, admonition, chiding, rap, reproach, reproof, wig, wigging reprimand vb syn REPROVE, admonish, call down, chide, lesson, monish, rack back, rebuke, reproach, tick off reprinting n syn EDITION, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WIGGING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wigging is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ministers get a wigging from lawyer
It is terribly ironic that ministers are "paying lip service" to the principles of Magna Carta in year the charter's 800th anniversary is being celebrated, a leading ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
The Chemical Brothers at Glastonbury 2015 review – wigging out in …
The Chemical Brothers at Glastonbury 2015 review – wigging out in the dark. 3 / 5 stars. Other stage. Without gimmicks beyond their light show, and no parade ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
3
Wigging Out! Never-Before-Seen Photos Of Angelina Jolie 20 Years …
Wigging Out! Never-Before-Seen Photos ... Angelina posed for the wigged out shots in Los Angeles with photographer Marcel Indik. EXCLUSIVE: **PREMIUM ... «RadarOnline, Jun 15»
4
Wigging out
The Oklahoma City-born songstress, 32, donned one for a recent photo shoot. It was in support of her upcoming album “Songs From a Cave.” You can hear a ... «NewsOK.com, Jun 15»
5
Katy Perry Is Majorly Wigging Out
Expect to see a lot more Katy Perry hair swaps in the coming months...or days. The singer recently shared a snapshot of her epic wig collection, which ranges in ... «Refinery29, May 15»
6
We're Wigging Out! Glee Fave Darren Criss Begins Performances as …
A new rock goddess is moving six inches forward/five inches back…and he does not have a beard! Glee star and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award ... «Broadway.com, Apr 15»
7
'The Americans' 3×12 Recap: Wigging Out
Paige Jennings has an album of family photos that aren't. Her cousin Roger, her Aunt Helen—they're not relatives, they're operatives. She suspects that her ... «New York Observer, Apr 15»
8
Kim Kardashian -- Changing Colors or Wigging Out?
0321-kim-kardashian-x17-02 We're kinda tired of solving this mystery, so we'll leave it to you. Is Kim Kardashian that fickle that she'd change her hair color twice ... «TMZ.com, Mar 15»
9
'Wigging Out for Locks of Love,' Feb. 21
If you like fashion, fun and making memories with friends while supporting charity, Wigging Out for Locks of Love, a hair donation event, is designed for just that ... «Carolinacoastonline, Feb 15»
10
Love & Hip Hop Recap: Wigging Out
So, Love & Hip Hop has its own resident Kim Zolciak. Last night's episode was hair-raising for sure! I'm not sure which is worse…the cheating men or the women ... «Reality Tea, Jan 15»

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