WIGWAG (wigwagged, wigwagging)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected forms: wigwagged    , wigwagging   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does wigwag mean? 

• WIGWAG (verb)
  The verb WIGWAG has 2 senses:

1. send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code

2. signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code

  Familiarity information: WIGWAG used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WIGWAG (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "wigwag" is one way to...):

brandish; flourish; wave (move or swing back and forth)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "wigwag" is one way to...):

sign; signal; signalise; signalize (communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s