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WIGWAG

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

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

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