Thesaurus results for WIG (OUT)

wig (out)

verb

Definition of wig (out)

slang

as in to crack

to yield to mental or emotional stress with her claustrophobia, it wouldn't take a day for her to wig out on a submarine

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By taking stem cells from a host’s own body and encouraging them to differentiate before mixing them with a commercially available, soluble matrix gel, researchers may have cracked the most critical problems in the transplant process.

— Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
After sitting undisturbed even as a few shots passed close to them, one flew for its life — just as Medvedev cracked a forehand crosscourt that Gorzny could only send into the net.

— Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of crack

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Advocates argue carts are silent, occupy less space than tourist vans and buses, and don’t choke the air with exhaust that also stains historic monuments.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Chief among them is the war in Iran, which analysts view as a stalemate that has choked major maritime arteries for oil and gas.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of choke

Verb

In the middle of it, the air conditioner in Petty's bedroom broke down.

— Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026
By revealing exactly where collective quantum behavior breaks down, the studies offer a clearer picture of what future quantum systems would need to make similar effects possible.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of break down

Verb

This time, seven more lives were lost when the original shuttle orbiter Columbia broke up on reentry over the skies of Texas, flying its 28th and final mission.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
Sadly, that gig was canceled, and months later the Smiths broke up.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of break up

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