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| wig·wag [ wíg wàg ] |
transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle wig·wagged, present participle wig·wag·ging, 3rd person present singular wig·wags) |
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1. move from side to side: to wave or swing from side to side in an arc around a fixed point, or make something such as a flag move in this way
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2. nautical signal by waving something: to send a message by waving something such as an arm or a flag
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noun (plural wig·wags) |
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1. process of wigwagging: the method of communicating by waving an arm or a flag
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2. message sent by wigwagging: a message communicated by the moving of arms or flags
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| [Late 16th century. Reduplication of wag1] |
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 wig·wag·ger noun |
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