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wigwag
[ wig-wag ]
verb (used with or without object)
wigwagged, wigwagging.
- to move to and fro.
- Nautical. to signal by movements of two flags or the like waved according to a code.
noun
- Nautical. the act or process of sending messages by the movements of two flags or the like waved according to a code.
- a message so signaled.
wigwag
/ ˈɪɡˌæɡ /
verb
- to move (something) back and forth
- to communicate with (someone) by means of a flag semaphore
noun
- a system of communication by flag semaphore
- the message signalled
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Derived Forms
- ˈɾˌɲ, noun
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Other Word Forms
- ɾwg noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wigwag1
C16: from obsolete wig , probably short for wiggle + wag 1
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There are often guys on the corners, on this part of Seventy-first, whistling and wigwagging signals up the block.
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Lex not only brought us together but sent us down different paths than we’d been on before he gave us the wigwag.
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And she was interested and pleased, and would learn wigwagging herself.
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On her bridge a man was wigwagging to the Oregon with an electric signal.
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They were so well hidden that the girls would never have seen them if Billy had not stealthily waved a red handkerchief which he always carried for wigwagging.
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