wigging

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwɪɡɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪɡɪŋ

Verb

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wigging

  1. present participle and gerund of wig

Noun

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wigging (countable and uncountable, plural wiggings)

  1. (uncountable) The action of the verb wig.
  2. (countable, British, Ireland, colloquial, dated) A telling-off or reprimand.
    • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Thrown Away”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 18:
      His Colonel talked to him severely when the cold weather ended. That made him more wretched than ever; and it was only an ordinary ‘Colonel's wigging’!
  3. (film) The practice of male stuntmen performing for actresses.
    • 2018, Daniel Lavelle, “Why stuntwomen are angry about 'wigging' – and are changing the industry from within”, in The Guardian[1]:
      “So why are there so few women in the stunt industry? Many point to the practice of “wigging” – which is when male stunt actors play female characters.”