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The word wig is in the Wiktionary

27 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • wig n. A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness, for cultural or religious reasons…
  • wig n. A bigwig.
  • wig n. (Dated, among fishermen) An old seal.
  • wig v. To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (Especially of an actor etc.).
  • wig v. (Transitive, colloquial) To upbraid, reprimand.
  • wig v. (Intransitive, colloquial, slang) To act in an extremely emotional way; to be overly excited, irritable…
  • wig v. (Transitive, MLE, slang) To shoot in the head.
  • WIG adj. (Aviation, nautical) Initialism of wing-in-ground.
— Foreign words, define in English —
  • Afrikaans
  • Gothic
    • wig rom. Romanization of 𐍅𐌹𐌲.
  • Old english
    • wig n. (Poetic or in compounds) war, battle.
    • wig n. Idol.
    • wig n. (In compounds) holy, consecrated.
  • Old saxon
    • wig n. War, battle.
    • wig n. Horse, steed.
  • Welsh
— English word, defined in German —
  • wig S. Die Perücke.
— English word, defined in Dutch —
  • wig n. Pruik.
— English words, defined in French —
  • wig n. (Coiffure) Perruque.
  • wig v. Mettre une perruque.
  • wig v. (Familier) Réprimander, faire des reproches.
— English word, defined in Spanish —
  • wig s. Peluca.
— English words, defined in Portuguese —
  • wig s. Peruca.
  • wig v. Colocar peruca.
— English word, defined in Italian —
  • wig s. Parrucca.
— In Dutch —
  • wig n. (Gereedschap) een metalen of houten blok, met twee schuine…
60 English words from 17 English definitions

act actor among Aviation baldness battle bigwig colloquial compounds consecrated cultural Dated disguise emotional Especially etc excited extremely fishermen for ground hair head holy Horse Idol Initialism Intransitive irritable MLE nautical of␣an old on␣the overly Poetic provide put put␣on Quoin real reasons religious reprimand Romanization seal shoot slang steed synthetic the Transitive upbraid war way Wedge wig wing with worn

8 English words from 10 foreign definitions

Coiffure des Die een faire met perruque twee

15 foreign words from 10 foreign definitions

blok Colocar Familier Gereedschap houten metalen Mettre Parrucca Peluca peruca Perücke Pruik Réprimander reproches une

148 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

wigg Wigg wigs Wigal wigan Wigan wigga Wiggo wiggs wiggy wight Wight Wigals Wigand wigans wigdom wigeon wigful Wiggam wiggas wiggaz wigged wigger Wigger Wiggin wiggle wiggly wights wiglet Wigley wigman wigmen wignat wig␣out Wigrid Wigton wigwag wig-wag wigwam Wigands Wiganer wigeons Wigfall wigfuls Wiggams wiggers Wiggers wiggery wiggier wigging +98 words

160 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

swigs Twigg twigs bewigs Dwight Swiger Twiggs twiggy twight twigil unwigs awiggle bagwigs bag␣wigs bigwigs big-wigs big␣wigs bobwigs bob␣wigs earwigs Helwigs Herwigs Ladwigs Ludwigs polwigs Swigart Swigers Swigert swigged swigger swiggle tiewigs twigful twigged twiggen twigger twigils twiglet twigloo bald␣wigs bewigged demiwigs earwiggy earywigs Hartwigs Hellwigs Ladewigs Ludewigs periwigs polewigs +110 words

57 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

swig twig bewig unwig bagwig bag␣wig bigwig big-wig big␣wig bobwig bob␣wig earwig Hedwig Helwig Herwig Ladwig Ludwig polwig tiewig bald␣wig demiwig earywig Hartwig Hellwig Ladewig Ludewig periwig polewig redtwig Reiswig Dinorwig limetwig lime-twig piggy-wig polliwig pollywig smallwig trick␣wig whirlwig fright-wig fright␣wig Schleswig undertwig battle-twig hop␣the␣twig lawyer's␣wig scratch␣wig tie␣periwig black␣earwig flip␣one's␣wig +7 words

15 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Gcwi gwin Gwin Igwe swig twig whig Whig wigg Wigg wigs wing Wing wrig WSGI

15 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

gi GI G.I. G.␣I. gw GW ig Ig IG I.W. wi Wi WI w/i wi'

74 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

AiG AIG big BIG cig dig dIG DIG fig Fig fig. gig jig lig lig. Mig MiG MIG nig OIG pig pIg Pig PIG rig sig Sig SIG tig TIG vig Vig wag WAG WCG WEG WIA WIC wid Wie wif Wii Wik wil Wil. wim WIM win Win WIN w/in WIP wis WIS Wis. wit WIT wit' wit. wiv WIV Wix wiz wog Wog WoG WOG Wpg WPG Wpg. WTG wug YIG zig

8 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ig Ig IG wi Wi WI w/i wi'

7 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

whig Whig wigg Wigg wing Wing wrig


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