1
a
: a manufactured covering of natural or synthetic hair for the head
b
2
: an act of wigging : rebuke
wigged; wigging
: to scold severely
slang
: to lose one's composure or reason : freak
—usually used with out
Synonyms
Examples of wig in a Sentence
Noun
She was wearing a blonde wig.
the cancer patient started wearing a wig after losing all of her hair from chemotherapy
Verb
with her claustrophobia, it wouldn't take a day for her to wig out on a submarine
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Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
To create the look, which was a fusion of the two, Hathaway wore a platinum blonde wig, white face makeup, black paint around her eyes, and dark red lipstick.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
Her look, a raven black wig, curtained by a part, marked her potential end to the summer blonde look.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 25 Oct. 2024
Hats, jackets, masks, makeup, wigs, jewelry — everything.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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Noun
In other words, Stan’s real hair was covered in part by a fake scalp, which was covered in turn by a wig—a tonsorial turducken.
—Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
To create the look, which was a fusion of the two, Hathaway wore a platinum blonde wig, white face makeup, black paint around her eyes, and dark red lipstick.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
Her look, a raven black wig, curtained by a part, marked her potential end to the summer blonde look.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 25 Oct. 2024
Hats, jackets, masks, makeup, wigs, jewelry — everything.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for wig
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“Wig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wig. Accessed 6 Nov. 2024.
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