What (who) is wig - definition
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![[[Historical reenactment]] of wig making in [[Colonial Williamsburg]], [[Virginia]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wig makers 15-29-18.jpg?width=200 "[[Historical reenactment]] of wig making in [[Colonial Williamsburg]], [[Virginia]]")
![''[[Five Orders of Periwigs]]'', 1761](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William Hogarth - The Five Orders of Perriwigs.png?width=200 "''[[Five Orders of Periwigs]]'', 1761")
HEAD COVERING MIMICKING HAIR
Periwig; Wigs; Peruke; Postiche; Perukes; Wig (hair); Wigmaking; Wigmaker; Powder-wig; Powdered wig; Wigmakers; Dodgy syrup; Full-bottomed wig; Wig-makers; Wig-maker; Fright wig; Wig powder
n.
Peruke, periwig, scratch.
wig
HEAD COVERING MIMICKING HAIR
Periwig; Wigs; Peruke; Postiche; Perukes; Wig (hair); Wigmaking; Wigmaker; Powder-wig; Powdered wig; Wigmakers; Dodgy syrup; Full-bottomed wig; Wig-makers; Wig-maker; Fright wig; Wig powder
To be disturbed by a certain person, object, etc.
A. Ever since I was little, clowns gave me the wig. B. Why? A. I saw a clown, and it gave me the wig. There really is no story behind it.
A. Ever since I was little, clowns gave me the wig. B. Why? A. I saw a clown, and it gave me the wig. There really is no story behind it.
wig
HEAD COVERING MIMICKING HAIR
Periwig; Wigs; Peruke; Postiche; Perukes; Wig (hair); Wigmaking; Wigmaker; Powder-wig; Powdered wig; Wigmakers; Dodgy syrup; Full-bottomed wig; Wig-makers; Wig-maker; Fright wig; Wig powder
(wigs)
A wig is a covering of false hair which you wear on your head, for example because you have little hair of your own or because you want to cover up your own hair.
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Wikipedia
WIG
WIG, originally an acronym for Warszawski Indeks Giełdowy (Warsaw Stock Exchange Index) is the oldest index of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, introduced on the WSE's first trading session on 16 April 1991. WIG lists 318 companies (as of 5 February 2010).
Pronunciation examples for wig
1. Put on your wig.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
2. get a wig.
Save Yourself Mammal! _ Zach Weiner _ Talks at Google
3. I wore a wig.
My Breast Cancer Journey _ Heidi Floyd _ Talks at Google
4. And a wig shop.
Simply Ming in Your Kitchen _ Ming Tsai _ Talks at Google
5. I wear a wig.
Beach Blanket Babylon _ Cast Members _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of wig
1. "She said she would wear a wig to disguise herself.
2. Someone‘s auburn wig lies at the side of a bridge.
3. Others have recalled dreadlocks, which police suspect was a wig.
4. The new Lord Chief Justice has questioned wearing the wig.
5. The more elaborate "bench wig" for high court judges, with hair teased high in front, can cost $2,000, while the ceremonial "full–bottom wig," with long curls reaching to the shoulders, goes for more than $4,000.