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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Sort through the berries and get rid of any that look unripe, soft, cracked, red, or leaky.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 July 2026
Scientists are cracking the code for extracting useful molecules from substances designed to harm.

— Steve Midway, STAT, 16 July 2026

Definition of crack

Verb

At one point, his statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, was melted down into two tons of bronze ingots.

— Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2026
This is Gordo and Tracy sacrificing themselves by running onto the moon’s surface with only duct-tape suits to stop a nuclear reactor from melting down.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2026

Definition of melt down

Verb

Cotton is one of more than 100 million people across the Midwest, Northeast and mid-Atlantic breathing in dangerous air brought by thick, choking plumes of smoke from wildfires in Canada.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
The trend, which was popular on TikTok at the time, involves intentionally choking oneself or holding one’s breath until passing out.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026

Definition of choke

Verb

But even his genius couldn’t break down the tournament’s best team, Spain, in the final.

— Tim Spiers, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Use it to talk through key problems and decisions as a group, break down silos, and make live design, share-out and deep review sessions a regular habit.

— Julien Vantyghem, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of break down

Verb

Their head coach Lionel Scaloni rushed onto the field to try to break up a scuffle.

— Tim Spiers, New York Times, 20 July 2026
The building’s organic forms help steer passengers through the terminal, while gardens and open spaces break up its monumental scale.

— Scott Campbell, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2026

Definition of break up

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