wigging (out)

verb

present participle of wig (out), slang
as in losing it
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wigging (out)
  1. melting down
  2. cracking
  3. choking
  4. breaking up
  5. breaking down
Verb
  • 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
  • What beef tallow is and how it’s made Beef tallow is a white, shelf-stable cooking fat made by rendering — or melting down — the fatty tissue that surrounds a cow’s organs, according to Michelle Crouch at AARP.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
Definition of melting down
Verb
  • The process of hydraulic fracturing ekes out oil from older wells, and involves cracking the bedrock several thousand feet below the seafloor by injecting chemical fluids with intense pressure.
    — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Until then, though, a cracking atmosphere is about the best the Racecourse can offer visitors, along with a decent pint in The Turf and a quick getaway via nearby Wrexham General rail station.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of cracking
Verb
  • Inhaling powder into the lungs can cause aspiration, while choking can become an emergency.
    — Dr. Onaola Adedeji, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Body cameras captured the moments Rialto police officers rushed to save a choking 3-year-old child last week.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of choking
Verb
  • The Ivory Coast international and Schlager looked like a good partnership, with both men efficient at breaking up opposition play.
    — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • At another MetroLoft project, 25 Water Street, Berman and a co-developer had taken a radical approach to breaking up the interior space of a hulking building that once housed offices belonging to JPMorgan Chase.
    — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
Definition of breaking up
Verb
  • Your liver is responsible for breaking down toxins and filtering them out of the body, essentially detoxifying you from harmful substances and chemicals.
    — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 22 July 2026
  • Dulce now asks for her father every night, Rojas said, breaking down in tears.
    — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 16 July 2026
Definition of breaking down
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“Wigging (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wigging%20%28out%29. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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