1
a
: a manufactured covering of natural or synthetic hair for the head
b
2
: an act of wigging : rebuke
wigged; wigging
: to scold severely
slang
: to lose one's composure or reason : freak
—usually used with out
Examples of wig in a Sentence
Noun
She was wearing a blonde wig.
the cancer patient started wearing a wig after losing all of her hair from chemotherapy
Verb
with her claustrophobia, it wouldn't take a day for her to wig out on a submarine
Recent Examples on the Web
Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
When social media users called the wig unflattering, the insults dug deep.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 27 Sep. 2025
Russ steals some latex molds from his movie makeup artist father and transforms himself into Chad with a shaggy wig, a mustache, buck teeth and chin, lip and nose enhancements.
—Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
In Hit Man, co-written with Richard Linklater, the Glen Powell character uses a very, very small quantity of latex (and some wigs) to … go undercover with the police to thwart murder-for-hire schemes, becoming a more confident man in the process.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Elliott believes that his cast dressing to the nines in outrageously glamorous frocks and bejeweled Carmen Miranda-style headgear atop their wigs, helped pave the way for the likes of RuPaul’s Drag Race to enter the mainstream.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
When social media users called the wig unflattering, the insults dug deep.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 27 Sep. 2025
Russ steals some latex molds from his movie makeup artist father and transforms himself into Chad with a shaggy wig, a mustache, buck teeth and chin, lip and nose enhancements.
—Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
In Hit Man, co-written with Richard Linklater, the Glen Powell character uses a very, very small quantity of latex (and some wigs) to … go undercover with the police to thwart murder-for-hire schemes, becoming a more confident man in the process.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wig
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“Wig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wig. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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