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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
  • Chanel doesn’t take pre-orders, so collection launches are typically frantic, as clients swoop down on previews to secure the best pieces.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • With its silly oversized thumbs and frantic shaking needed to escape pins, this mini-game is one example of how a game like Nintendo Switch Sports Resort could make some older gamers feel self-conscious.
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In the kitchen area, floor tiles were cracked and an unused pipe hole is uncovered.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The back-to-back successes of Obsession and Backrooms have cracked Hollywood’s spine like a One-Wish Willow, sending producers into an online feeding frenzy.
    — Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Washington, a compelling performer, also is asked to be hysterical a bit too much.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
  • An hysterical soldier shoots him, Rennie is carried to Walter Reed Hospital.
    — THR Staff, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Here’s why How junk silver is valued The price of junk silver is based on its melt value — the value of the silver content if the coin were melted down.
    — Nick Perry, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Thieves also are increasingly targeting museum items with gold and other precious metals that can be melted down and with gemstones that can be removed and sold, the agency said in a report in August.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The latter seemed distraught over the fact that his first postseason had just ended with a sweep in the ALDS.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Sun, who was given a wild card entry by tournament organizers and was making her WTA Tour debut, appeared distraught after the loss.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The woman denied the allegations, and Ross hit her in the chest several times, the report says, and choked her, restricting her breathing by twisting the collar of her hoodie.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Some were also choked — images jurors were shown by both the defense and the prosecution.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • That sales pitch has only grown more frenzied as the economics of AI have gotten more precarious.
    — Michael Serazio, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The Brewers held the Padres to three hits and got timely hits of their own while playing exceptional defense and gradually draining the spirit from the normally frenzied Petco crowd.
    — Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • These moments pile up and ultimately converge, paying heartwarming tribute to how even the most monomaniacal movie projects necessitate collaboration.
    — Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2026
  • When Ahab first speaks to the crew about Moby Dick, his diabolical charisma soon infects the men who, apart from Starbuck, enthusiastically join him in his monomaniacal crusade.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
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“Wigged-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wigged-out. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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