Meaning of WIGWAG
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- [v] signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code
- [v] send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code
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| | See Also: | | brandish, flourish, sign, signal, signalise, signalize, wave | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Wig"wag`\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Wigwagged}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Wigwagging}.]
To move to and fro, to wag.
\Wig"wag`\, n. [See {Wigwag}, v. t. & i.]
Act or art of wigwagging; a message wigwagged; -- chiefly
attributive; as, the wigwag code. -- {Wig"wag`er}, n.
\Wig"wag`\, v. i. [See {Wag}, v. t.] (Naut.)
To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side
according to a code adopted for the purpose. [Colloq.]
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