Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 20 compound words that contain wigs. The most common are listed below. Open wigs in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- big-wigsplural of big-wig: A person of importance in a group or organization.
- bag wigsplural of bag wig: An 18th-century wig, the back-hair of which was enclosed in an ornamental bag.
- bald wigsplural of bald wig: A headpiece worn usually by stage and film actors so as to appear bald on top without the necessity of shaving their scalps.
- bob wigsplural of bob wig: A short wig with bobs or short curls.
- campaign wigsplural of campaign wig: A style of wig worn primarily by military officers and travelers in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, featuring a short pigtail tied with ribbon, short sidelocks, and curls around the forehead.
- scratch wigsplural of scratch wig: A short wig that covers only part of the head.
- trick wigsplural of trick wig: A kind of wig worn by actors, having hair that can be made to stand on end.
- wigs outthird-person singular simple present indicative of wig out: To become extremely emotional or excitable; to lose control of one's emotions.
- Cleopatra wigsplural of Cleopatra wig: A costume wig styled to evoke the look of Queen Cleopatra VII, usually a long, dark wig with braids and a full fringe.
- piggy-wigsplural of piggy-wig: A pig.
- fright-wigsplural of fright-wig: A wig, usually worn for humorous or novelty effect, having voluminous, frizzy, long hair, suggesting the hair "standing on end" of a person who is extremely frightened or who has experienced a powerful electric shock.
- lawyer's wigsplural of lawyer's wig: A certain edible mushroom (Coprinus comatus).
- wigs on the greenA fight; a brawl.
- gooseberry wigsplural of gooseberry wig: A large, frizzled wig.
Compound words 20
- WigstonA town in Oadby and Wigston borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP6098).
- bigwigsplural of bigwig: A person of importance in a group or organization.
- earwigsplural of earwig: Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera that have elongated bodies, large membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings and a pair of large pincers protruding from the rear of the abdomen.
- bagwigsplural of bagwig: An 18th-century wig, the back-hair of which was enclosed in an ornamental bag.
- bobwigsplural of bobwig: A short wig with bobs or short curls.
- demiwigsplural of demiwig: A hairpiece for women designed to cover hair loss that is constructed with a flexible mesh cap through which the wearer pulls her own hair.
- Hartwigsplural of Hartwig: A surname.
- Hellwigsplural of Hellwig: A surname.
- Helwigsplural of Helwig: A surname.
- Herwigsplural of Herwig: A surname.