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wigwag
[wig-wag]
verb (used with or without object)
to move to and fro.
Nautical.to signal by movements of two flags or the like waved according to a code.
noun
Nautical.the act or process of sending messages by the movements of two flags or the like waved according to a code.
a message so signaled.
wigwag
/ ˈɪɡˌæɡ /
verb
to move (something) back and forth
to communicate with (someone) by means of a flag semaphore
noun
a system of communication by flag semaphore
the message signalled
Other Word Forms
- wigwagger noun
- ˈɾˌɲ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of wigwag1
Example Sentences
There are often guys on the corners, on this part of Seventy-first, whistling and wigwagging signals up the block.
Lex not only brought us together but sent us down different paths than we’d been on before he gave us the wigwag.
And she was interested and pleased, and would learn wigwagging herself.
On her bridge a man was wigwagging to the Oregon with an electric signal.
They were so well hidden that the girls would never have seen them if Billy had not stealthily waved a red handkerchief which he always carried for wigwagging.
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