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wigged (out)

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verb

past tense of wig (out), slang
as in cracked
to yield to mental or emotional stress with her claustrophobia, it wouldn't take a day for her to wig out on a submarine

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Adjective
  • This year's garment celebrates the hectic holiday season with a frantic, detachable cheeseburger.
    Fielding Buck, Orange County Register, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The big win of the night was for Sandro Botticelli’s 15th-century painting The Virgin and Child Enthroned, which sold after a frantic ten-minute bidding war between nine parties.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Ventura County Sheriff’s Captain Ken Truitt said the person who called police was hysterical and said her baby had been murdered, according to the Ventura County Star.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Related Stories Hooked On Bach: How Finneas O'Connell Went Classical For Alfonso Cuarón's 'Disclaimer' - Crew Call Podcast A Hero Meets A Tragic End In Cannes-Winning Oscar Contender 'The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent' These Creature Commandos are a hysterical, yet lovable bunch.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Additionally, Jimmy was then able to forgive and come to the aid of a distraught Louis (Brett Goldstein), the man responsible for that death.
    Jim Halterman, Variety, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Dell had his left leg immobilized in a brace, and Stroud and the rest of his teammates were distraught watching the second-year wide receiver get placed in the ambulance.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The weakness of the Biden administration’s policies was drowned out by frenzied attention to some Republicans’ objections to supporting Ukraine.
    Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Severe lightning, torrential rain and 70-mph winds sent the frenzied sellout crowd of 90,000 at Memorial Stadium scampering for cover.
    Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • And then there’s the Freaking Laser Beam cocktail, served with a gummy shark, for more raving fans.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Following the show, fans ran to the comments section to leave their raving reviews.
    Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 5 Jan. 2023
Verb
  • Many industries and landfills that made life untenable are gone, wiped out by economic downturns and deindustrialization, but the land and air are still so choked with detritus and pollution that people have not returned.
    Larkin Gallup, Baltimore Sun, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Hawkins Point had historically been used as a defensive boundary and was sacrificed to keep Baltimore safe from the toxicity that choked residents while allowing the city to benefit from the income industries brought in.
    Larkin Gallup, Baltimore Sun, 21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Grant’s students have partnered with the Anthony Phoenix Branca Foundation to spread awareness about the dangers of distracted driving.
    Reggie Grant, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
  • In that tragedy, an unlicensed 16-year-old boy was behind the wheel and either fell asleep or became distracted, according to investigators.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Intense, weird, different, arrogant, crazy, selfish and obsessed.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Who but a madman would become obsessed with the stuff?
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Wigged-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wigged-out. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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