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Webster 1913 Edition


Wigwag

Wig′wagˊ

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Verb.
I.
[See
Wag
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Verb.
T.
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(Naut.)
To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose.
[Colloq.]

Definition 2024


wigwag

wigwag

English

Noun

wigwag (plural wigwags)

  1. Any of a number of mechanical or electrical devices which cause a component to oscillate between two states.

Verb

wigwag (third-person singular simple present wigwags, present participle wigwagging, simple past and past participle wigwagged)

  1. to oscillate between two states.
  2. to send a signal by waving a single flag.

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