Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wigging

/ˈwɪɡɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: wig-ging
IPA: /ˈwɪɡɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of wig

noun

The action of the verb wig (in various senses).

Uncountable

noun

A telling-off or reprimand.

British usage; Colloquial; Countable; Dated

noun

The practice of male stuntmen performing for actresses.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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’!"
"“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.”"

Usage

Inflected Forms

wiggings (plural)

Synonyms

earwigging wig

Rhymes With

digging rigging running rigging standing rigging frigging gigging jigging pigging swigging rejigging

Questions

How do you pronounce wigging?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɪɡɪŋ/.
What does wigging mean?: present participle and gerund of wig

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