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wig⋅wag

  [wig-wag] verb, -wagged, -wag⋅ging, noun
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to move to and fro.
2. Nautical. to signal by movements of two flags or the like waved according to a code.
–noun
3. Nautical. the act or process of sending messages by the movements of two flags or the like waved according to a code.
4. a message so signaled.
Origin:
1575–85; wig to wag (now dial.) + wag; gradational compound, parallel to zigzag, etc.

Related forms:
wigwagger, noun
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wig·wag   (wĭg'wāg')   
v.   wig·wagged, wig·wag·ging, wig·wags

v.   intr.

  1. To move back and forth; wag steadily or rhythmically: watched the pendulum wigwag.

  2. To signal by waving a flag, light, or upraised arm, especially in accordance with a code.

v.   tr.

  1. To move (something) back and forth steadily or rhythmically.

  2. To convey (a message or signal) by waving a flag, light, or upraised arm.

n.  

  1. The act or practice of wigwagging.

  2. A message sent by this method.


[Dialectal wig, to move + wag1.]
wig'wag'ger n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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