"wig out" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-wig out.ogg [Australia] Forms: wig outs [plural]
Etymology: Compare freak out, etc., and flip one's wig. Etymology templates: {{m|en|freak out}} freak out, {{m|en|flip one's wig}} flip one's wig Head templates: {{en-noun}} wig out (plural wig outs)
  1. (slang) A chaotic or crazy episode. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-wig_out-en-noun-KKuZo09K

Verb

Audio: En-au-wig out.ogg [Australia] Forms: wigs out [present, singular, third-person], wigging out [participle, present], wigged out [participle, past], wigged out [past]
Etymology: Compare freak out, etc., and flip one's wig. Etymology templates: {{m|en|freak out}} freak out, {{m|en|flip one's wig}} flip one's wig Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wig out (third-person singular simple present wigs out, present participle wigging out, simple past and past participle wigged out)
  1. (slang, intransitive) To become extremely emotional or excitable; to lose control of one's emotions. Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-wig_out-en-verb-6WZi4lbc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 46 25 25 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 9 40 23 28
  2. (drugs, slang, intransitive) To behave in an extremely erratic or irrational manner; to lose one's mind. Tags: intransitive, slang Synonyms: freak out, lose one's wits, flip out, freak out Derived forms: wigged-out [adjective]
    Sense id: en-wig_out-en-verb-XgeKIPNH Topics: drugs, medicine, pharmacology, sciences
  3. (slang, transitive) To cause to become extremely emotional or excitable. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-wig_out-en-verb-lpbz5qsY

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wig out meaning in English (4.8kB)

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