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Definition of 'wig' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) wig
an artificial covering of hair for all or most of the head.

2.  wig
a similar head covering, worn in one's official capacity, as part of a costume or disguise.

3.  wig
a toupee or hairpiece.

4. (v.t.) wig
to furnish with a wig.

5.  wig
Brit. Informal. to reprimand severely; scold.

6.  wig
Slang.

7.  wig
to be intoxicated with narcotic drugs.

8.  wig
to make or become wildly excited or enthusiastic.

Etymology:  (1665–75; short for periwig)

Definition of 'wig' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) wig
hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair

2. (noun) wig, wigging
British slang for a scolding


Definition of 'wig' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) wig
false hair worn on the head
disguised with a wig and sunglasses


Definition of 'wig' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) wig
a covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers

2. (noun) wig
an old seal; -- so called by fishermen

3. (noun) wig
a kind of raised seedcake

4. (verb) wig
to censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold


Translation of 'wig' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an artificial covering of hair for the head
Does she wear a wig?

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: pruik Arabic flag Arabic: شَعْر مُسْتَعار Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: перука
Brazilian flag Brazilian: peruca Czech flag Czech: paruka German flag German: die Perücke
Danish flag Danish: paryk Greek flag Greek: περούκα Spanish flag Spanish: peluca
Estonian flag Estonian: parukas Farsi flag Farsi: کلاه گیس Finnish flag Finnish: peruukki
French flag French: perruque Hebrew flag Hebrew: פֵּאָה Hindi flag Hindi: नकली बाल
Croatian flag Croatian: perika Hungarian flag Hungarian: paróka Indonesian flag Indonesian: rambut palsu
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hárkolla Italian flag Italian: parrucca Japanese flag Japanese: かつら
Korean flag Korean: 가발 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: perukas Latvian flag Latvian: parūka
Malay flag Malay: rambut palsu Dutch flag Dutch: pruik Norwegian flag Norwegian: parykk
Polish flag Polish: peruka Persian flag Persian: کلاه گیس Pashto flag Pashto: جوړ شوى ويښتان، مصنوعي وي
Portuguese flag Portuguese: peruca Romanian flag Romanian: perucă; meşă Russian flag Russian: парик
Slovak flag Slovak: parochňa Slovenian flag Slovenian: lasulja Serbian flag Serbian: perika
Swedish flag Swedish: peruk Thai flag Thai: ผมปลอม Turkish flag Turkish: peruk
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 假髮 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: перука Urdu flag Urdu: مصنوعی بالوں کی ٹوپی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bộ tóc giả Chinese flag Chinese: 假发

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