'Wigwag' definitions:
Definition of 'wigwag'
(from WordNet)
verb
Send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code
verb
Signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code
Definition of 'Wigwag'
From: GCIDE
- Wigwag \Wig"wag`\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Wigwagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Wigwagging.] To move to and fro, to wag. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Wigwag'
From: GCIDE
- Wigwag \Wig"wag`\, n. [See Wigwag, v. t. & i.] Act or art of wigwagging; a message wigwagged; -- chiefly attributive; as, the wigwag code. -- {Wig"wag`er}, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Wigwag'
From: GCIDE
- Wigwag \Wig"wag`\, v. i. [See Wag, v. t.] (Naut.) To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wigwag'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Lissajous figure,
- 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,
- Roman candle,
- 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