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wig

/wɪg/

Translations

wignoun

wigs

/wɪg/

парик

She wore a wig to the costume party.

Она надела парик на костюмированную вечеринку.

Synonyms

false hair

wigverb

wigged

Past Simple

wigged

Past Participle

wigging

Gerund

/wɪɡ/

волноваться

Don't wig out over the small stuff.

Не волнуйся из-за мелочей.

Additional translations

Synonyms

dress up (in a wig)

wear a wig

don a wig

put on a wig

peruke

wigadjective

Used attributively before another noun to mean ‘relating to wigs’.

Definitions

wignoun

A covering for the head made of real or artificial hair, typically worn to conceal baldness or for theatrical purposes.

The actor wore a wig to transform into the character with long, flowing hair.

Informal, chiefly British. A barrister or judge, referred to metonymically by the traditional horse-hair wig worn in court.

The wig adjourned proceedings until the following morning.

Scots, archaic. A small spiced bun or cake, often flavoured with caraway seeds.

She baked a batch of ginger wigs for the harvest supper.

wigverb

Slang (usually with the particle “out”). To become extremely excited, angry, or irrational.

He totally wigged out when he realised his phone was gone.

To supply or fit (a person or object) with a wig.

The stylist wigged the actor for every performance.

British, informal, historical. To scold or rebuke sharply.

The headmaster wigged the pupils for their untidy appearance.

wigadjective

Relating to, or used for, wigs.

She opened a specialised wig boutique.