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wigwag definition

wig·wag (wig′wag′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb wigwagged -·wagged′, wigwagging -·wag′·ging

  1. to move back and forth; wag
  2. to send (a message) by waving flags, lights, etc. back and forth using a code

Etymology: < obs. wig, to move + wag

noun

  1. the act of sending messages in this way
  2. a message so sent

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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