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WIGWAG
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Irregular inflected forms: wigwagged , wigwagging
I. (verb)
Sense 1
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
Sense 2
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