| 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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| 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 |
| 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 |