wigwag
v.
move back and forth; send message by lights and waving flags
n.
sending of maritime message by lights or waving flags; message sent by lights or waving flags
Wigwag
Wigwag can denote the following:A
wigwag is a type of railroad level crossing signal.A
wig-wag is an automotive headlight flasher.A
wigwag is a mechanism used in some washing machines.A
wig wag is a warning mechanism on truck braking systems.Wig-wag (or wigwagging) is a method of
flag signalling.A
wig-wag is a warning light on a movie sound stage.
Wigwag was an American magazine published from 1988 until 1991.A wigwag (glassblowing) N.B.: Generally, the spellings "wigwag", "wig-wag", and "wig wag" are used interchangeably.
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wigwag
Verb
1. send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code
(hypernym) brandish, flourish, wave
2. signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code
(hypernym) sign, signal, signalize, signalise
Wigwag
(v. t.)
To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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wigwag
Synonyms and related words:
Lissajous figure, Roman candle, aid to navigation, alarm, alternate, alternation, amber light, back and fill, back-and-forth, balefire, battledore and shuttlecock, beacon, beacon fire, bell, bell buoy, blinker, blue peter, brandish, buoy, caution light, come and go, coming and going, ebb and flow, flap, flare, flaunt, float, flourish, flutter, flux and reflux, fly, fog bell, fog signal, fog whistle, foghorn, glance, go light, gong buoy, green light, heliograph, high sign, hitch and hike, international alphabet flag, international numeral pennant, kick, leer, marker beacon, nod, nudge, parachute flare, pass and repass, pilot flag, poke, police whistle, quarantine flag, radio beacon, reciprocate, reciprocation, red flag, red light, rhythmic play, ride and tie, rocket, sailing aid, seesaw, seesawing, semaphore, semaphore flag, semaphore telegraph, shake, shuttle, shuttlecock, sign, signal, signal beacon, signal bell, signal fire, signal flag, signal gong, signal gun, signal lamp, signal light, signal mast, signal post, signal rocket, signal shot, signal siren, signal tower, sine wave, spar buoy, stop light, swing, teeter, teeter-totter, teeter-tottering, teetering, the nod, the wink, to-and-fro, tottering, touch, traffic light, traffic signal, undulate, ups and downs, wag, watch fire, wave, wax and wane, white flag, wibble-wabble, wield, wigwag flag, wink, yellow flag, zigzag
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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