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wigged (out)

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verb

past tense of wig (out), slang
as in cracked
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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Adjective
  • Here’s a recap of this week’s frantic pace.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2026
  • McKenna's death gained national attention after her disappearance in the middle of the night set off a frantic search for the teenager.
    Angela George, USA Today, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • In this heat, the interior of a vehicle can reach life threatening temperatures in minutes, even with the windows cracked.
    Nick Lentz, CBS News, 13 June 2026
  • Morgan Wallen Has Scored 81 Streaming Hits Throughout his career, Wallen has scored 81 hits on the Streaming Songs chart, and 30 of those have cracked the top 10.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Adjective
  • Parker was caught by a state trooper who pulled her over for driving erratically, but Parker was hysterical and maintained that the baby was hers.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
  • Pantochino Productions, the singularly silly, strange and hysterical small theater company that has worked out of the Milford Arts Council (MAC) for the past 16 years, occupies a unique place in the Connecticut theater landscape.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • The industry was already struggling with cost overruns when, in 1979, a reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania partially melted down and slammed the brakes on further expansion.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 15 June 2026
  • OpenAI’s version has already melted down once and is structurally contested heading into an IPO.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 1 June 2026
Adjective
  • In a heartbreaking scene outside the residence, as captured on video by ABC 7, family members are seen wailing and distraught, surrounded by police cars and neighbors.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • With the departure of Mohan, fans are understandably distraught at the prospect of having to say goodbye to their fan-favorite Zoomer, too.
    Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • Pinkas said that before the war, Iran was isolated under sanctions that choked its oil exports, dealing blows to its economy.
    Pamela Avila, CNN Money, 18 June 2026
  • The woman who survived the rape described in a jury trial how Mystikal, whose real name is Michael Lawrence Tyler, had punched, choked, and forcibly raped her at his home near Baton Rouge, according to local TV station WBRZ.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 17 June 2026
Adjective
  • The Samurai Blue fans were frenzied after the goal went into the back of the net.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
  • For quite some time post Covid, film festival pick-ups have been sluggish (though foreign films do sell at Cannes) with the yields at the box office often lower than the frenzied, ratcheted up auction prices.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 14 June 2026
Adjective
  • Abdul-Mateen’s performance is perpetually glum, but insufficiently monomaniacal, lowering the stakes throughout.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Paul Atreides in Dune, Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, Marty Mauser in Marty Supreme — these are all characters defined by otherworldly gifts, monomaniacal drive, and a cold-blooded disregard for the concerns of others.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Wigged-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wigged-out. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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