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# wig

«wig» in Mova's school dictionary: **a covering of real or false hair worn on the head to hide…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a wig, wigs); verb (wig out — slang)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A wig is a covering of real or false hair worn on the head to hide baldness, for a costume or to change how someone looks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wig/#m1)

2) (law, UK) In some countries judges and barristers wear white wigs in court as part of their uniform. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wig/#m2)

3) (slang, wig out) To wig out means to become very upset or panic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wig/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons, rich people in old times wore powdered wigs; in plays and dressing-up, children wear funny wigs. People who lose hair through illness, such as cancer treatment, may wear a wig. Phrases: «put on a wig», «a powdered wig», «wig out», «flip your wig» (go crazy, slang).

### examples

- The actor wore a long blonde wig in the play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wig/#x1)
- Judges in England still wear white wigs in some courts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wig/#x2)
- Rich men in old portraits wore powdered wigs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wig/#x3)
- My aunt wore a wig while she was having treatment for cancer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wig/#x4)
- I bought a rainbow wig for the fancy-dress party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wig/#x5)
- Don't wig out, we'll find your homework. (slang) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wig/#x6)
- The wind blew the clown's wig right off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wig/#x7)
- A BALD KNIGHT, who wore a wig, went out to hunt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wig/#x8)

### note

Countable: a wig, wigs. Be kind: people may wear wigs because of illness, so laughing at them is hurtful. «Earwig» is an insect, not a wig. The slang «wig out» and «flip your wig» are informal.

### In the corpora

- [When they bow, their curly wigs get tangled, and Alice has to run off to hide her laughter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wig» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wig/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.