Wigwag

Quick meaning: Wigwag is a noun meaning Any of a number of mechanical or electrical devices which cause a component to oscillate between two states.

Meaning

Any of a number of mechanical or electrical devices which cause a component to oscillate between two states.

More Meanings

1. (US, military, historical) A signal sent by waving a flag to and fro.
2. To move gently in one direction and then another; to wig or wiggle, to wag or waggle.
3. An act of wigwagging.
4. To oscillate between two states.
5. (US, military, historical) To send a signal by waving a flag to and fro.
6. With a wigwagging or to-and-fro motion.

Example Sentences

Boy Scouts and others interested in visual signaling can practice indoors with this miniature wigwag sender.

Environmental and health risks wigwagged by Rachel Carson and Jacques-Yves Cousteau led to the National Environmental Policy Act.

We saw the daw get on the back of the sow. The tail of the sow went wig, wag, wig, wag, and all the daw did was Caw, caw, caw, caw.

Beautiful tails, O, beautiful tails, / Thy gentle wigwag is joyous and queer; / How to our hearts thy switchery tells / Tails of the past ever dear.

Word Forms

• wigwags
• wig-wag
• wigwagging
• wigwagged

Synonyms for wigwag

Depending on context, synonyms include wag, waggle, wiggle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wig-wag, wobulator, wobbulator, wavemaker, vibrator, twirligig.

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