| bagwig | (noun) an 18th-century wig with hair pushed back into a bag. | - |
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| bigwig | (noun) the most important person in a group or undertaking | Synonyms: kingpin, top banana |
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| earwig | (noun) any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen | - |
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| periwig | (noun) a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries | Synonyms: peruke |
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| periwigged | (adjective) wearing a wig popular for men in the 17th and 18th centuries | Synonyms: peruked |
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| swig | (noun) a large and hurried swallow | Synonyms: draft, draught, gulp |
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| (verb) to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught | Synonyms: gulp, quaff |
| (verb) strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat | Synonyms: slog, slug |
| twig | (noun) a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year | Synonyms: branchlet, sprig |
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| (verb) branch out in a twiglike manner | - |
| (verb) understand, usually after some initial difficulty | Synonyms: catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, latch on, tumble |
| twiggy | (adjective) thin as a twig | Synonyms: twiglike |
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| twiglike | (adjective) thin as a twig | Synonyms: twiggy |
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| wig | (noun) hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair | - |
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| (noun) British slang for a scolding | Synonyms: wigging |
| wigeon | (noun) freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals | Synonyms: Anas penelope, widgeon |
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| wigged | (adjective) wearing a wig | - |
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| wigging | (noun) British slang for a scolding | Synonyms: wig |
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| wiggle | (noun) the act of wiggling | Synonyms: squirm, wriggle |
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| (verb) move to and fro | Synonyms: jiggle, joggle |
| wiggler | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: angleworm, crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm |
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| (noun) larva of a mosquito | Synonyms: wriggler |
| (noun) one who can't stay still (especially a child) | Synonyms: squirmer, wriggler |
| wiggliness | (noun) a jerky back and forth kind of mobility | - |
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| wiggly | (adjective) curved or curving in and out | Synonyms: sinuate, sinuous |
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| (adjective) moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion | Synonyms: wriggling, wriggly, writhing |
| wight | (noun) a living being | Synonyms: creature |
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| wigless | (adjective) not wearing a wig | - |
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| wigmaker | (noun) someone who makes and sells wigs | - |
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| wigwag | (verb) signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code | - |
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| (verb) send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code | - |
| wigwam | (noun) a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides | - |
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