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
  • Gossip blogger Perez Hilton was reportedly treated for a drug overdose after melting down during a livestream that caused concerns of self-harm.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • If energy stocks are one way to profit from powering the boom, another lies in the hardware that keeps those AI factories from melting down.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of melting down
Verb
  • Sanchies led Taft with 10 kills and was cracking jokes between plays.
    — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Pearl Jam is cracking open one of the most consequential albums in rock history for a new generation of vinyl collectors.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of cracking
Verb
  • The man in black is wracked and choking, mangling the words, eyes dripping.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Additionally, rope toys can cause a choking hazard or even lacerate your dog’s digestive tract.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of choking
Verb
  • Even with an unnecessary roughness penalty in the fourth, Shelley made his reps count, making five tackles and breaking up a deep pass from Rams quarterback Ty Simpson intended for Tyler Scott.
    — Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Tasks included scooping and dumping sand or gravel, digging and grading trenches, clearing debris from roads, removing tree branches from water edges, and breaking up rocks.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of breaking up
Verb
  • One key indicator of soil health is decomposition rates of complex organic matter, breaking down stuff like leaves, wood, even cadavers into simpler organic and inorganic compounds, releasing C02 and nutrients in the process.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
  • More consequentially for textile recycling, the researchers demonstrated the process on both PET/cotton and PET/spandex fabrics without similarly breaking down the companion fibers.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 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 31 Aug. 2026.

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