<B>wiggle, </B>verb, <B>-gled,</B> <B>-gling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> to move with short, quick movements from side to side; wriggle. <BR> <I>Ex. The restless child wiggled in his chair.</I> (SYN) squirm, twist. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to move with short, quick movements from side to side. <BR> <I>Ex. to wiggle a trunk across the floor.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a wiggling movement. <DD><B> 2. </B>fish or shellfish served in white sauce with peas. <BR> <I>Ex. shrimp wiggle.</I> </DL>
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<B>wiggler, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that wiggles. <DD><B> 2. </B>the larva of a mosquito. <DD><B> 3. </B>a fishing lure used in casting that zigzags across the water when drawn in. </DL>
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<B>wiggly, </B>adjective, <B>-glier,</B> <B>-gliest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>wiggling. <DD><B> 2. </B>wavy. <BR> <I>Ex. editorials ... printed in bold type surrounded by a wiggly border (Sinclair Lewis).</I> </DL>
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<B>wiggy, </B>adjective, <B>wiggier,</B> <B>wiggiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>wearing a wig; wigged. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>extremely grave or formal. <DD><B> b. </B>(Slang.) very stylish; classy. </DL>
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<B>wight</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Archaic.) a human being. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) any living being. </DL>
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<B>wight</B> (2), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD><B> 1. </B>strong and courageous; valiant. <DD><B> 2a. </B>exercising strength; robust; stalwart. <DD><B> b. </B>powerful in effect; violent. <DD><B> 3. </B>moving briskly or rapidly; nimble; swift. </DL>
<A NAME="wiglet">
<B>wiglet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small hairpiece, especially one added to a woman's hair. </DL>
<A NAME="wigmaker">
<B>wigmaker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who makes or sells wigs. </DL>
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<B>wigwag, </B>verb, <B>-wagged,</B> <B>-wagging,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to move to and fro; wag. <DD><B> 2. </B>to signal by waving or holding a single flag or light in various positions according to a code. The three motions used in wigwagging represent a dot, a dash, and the end of a word or paragraph. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act or system of signaling by wigwagging. <DD><B> 2. </B>the message signaled. noun <B>wigwagger.</B> </DL>
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<B>wigwam, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a hut used especially by the Algonkian Indians of the eastern woodlands of North America, made of bark, mats, or skins laid over a frame of poles. <BR> <I>Ex. In a strict sense, a wigwam is a dome-shaped wooden American Indian house, the skin structures ... being tepees (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>any hut of poles covered with bark, mats, or skins, made by North American Indians, such as the tepee. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S. Obsolete.) a large structure used for political conventions. </DL>
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<B>Wigwam, </B>noun. <B>=Tammany Hall.</B></DL>
<A NAME="wiikite">
<B>Wiikite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a brownish-black or yellow mineral similar to euxenite found in Finland. It is a source of scandium. </DL>
<B>wilaya, </B>noun, pl. <B>-yas,</B> <B>-yat.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a province or department in Algeria. <DD><B> 2. </B>a military district or zone in northern Africa. Also, <B>willaya.</B> </DL>
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<B>wilco, </B>interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> will comply (used in radio transmission). </DL>
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<B>wild, </B>adjective, noun, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>living or growing in the forests or fields; not tamed; not cultivated. <BR> <I>Ex. The tiger is a wild animal. The daisy is a wild flower.</I> (SYN) undomesticated. <DD><B> 2. </B>produced or yielded naturally, without the aid of man; uncultivated. <BR> <I>Ex. wild honey, wild cherries.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>with no people living in it; waste; desolate; desert. <BR> <I>Ex. a wild field, wild hills. Airplanes now fly from California to Europe over the wild region of the far north.</I> (SYN) uninhabited. <DD><B> 4a. </B>not civilized; savage. <BR> <I>Ex. He is reading about the wild tribes of ancient times in Europe.</I> (SYN) barbarous. <DD><B> b. </B>fierce; ferocious; destructive. <BR> <I>Ex. a wild bull.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>not checked; not restrained. <BR> <I>Ex. a wild rush for the ball. The children wild in the streets (Dickens).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>resisting control or restraint; unruly or insubordinate; wayward or self-willed. <BR> <I>Ex. He has turned out very wild (Jane Austen).</I> <DD><B> c. </B>dissolute; dissipated: licentious. <BR> <I>Ex. wild living, to live a wild life. The wildest of libertines (Macaulay).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Figurative.) not in proper control or order. <BR> <I>Ex. wild hair.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>(Figurative.) boisterous. <BR> <I>Ex. wild laughter, wild shouts, wild boys.</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>violently excited; frantic. <BR> <I>Ex. The injured animal was wild with rage.</I> <DD><B> 9a. </B>violent. <BR> <I>Ex. a wild storm, wild winds. Wild waves came roaring onto the shore.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>out of one's wits; distracted; mad. <BR> <I>Ex. driven almost wild with pain.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>showing distraction or madness. <BR> <I>Ex. wild eyes.</I> <DD><B> 10. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>rash; crazy. <BR> <I>Ex. wild schemes.</I> (SYN) reckless. <DD><B> b. </B>absurdly improbable; fantastic. <BR> <I>Ex. wild stories of riches.</I> <DD><B> 11. </B>(Informal.) very eager. <BR> <I>Ex. wild to go home.</I> (SYN) enthusiastic, excited. <DD><B> 12. </B>(Figurative.) far from the mark. <BR> <I>Ex. a wild shot, a wild throw.</I> <DD><B> 13. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>unconventional, barbaric, or fanciful. <BR> <I>Ex. a wild tune or song.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>strange or fantastic in appearance. <BR> <I>Ex. a wild shape in the mist (Elizabeth Barrett Browning).</I> <DD><B> 14. </B>of arbitrary denomination or suit. <BR> <I>Ex. In this card game deuces are wild.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> an uncultivated or desolate region or tract; waste; desert. <DD><I>adv. </I> in a wild manner; to a wild degree. <BR><I>expr. <B>run wild,</B> </I>to live or grow without restraint. <BR> <I>Ex. Of all countries ... where the horse runs wild, Arabia produces the most beautiful breed (Oliver Goldsmith). The boy had run wild since his young mother's death (Longman's Magazine).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>wild and woolly,</B> </I>(U.S.) rough and uncivilized like the American West during frontier times; rough-and-tumble. <BR> <I>Ex. Clarke is a wild and woolly county, where bobcats roam the streets of its largest community (Clarke County Democrat).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>wilds,</B> </I>wild country. <BR> <I>Ex. Huge Forests ... and sandy perilous wilds (Milton).</I> adv. <B>wildly.</B> noun <B>wildness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="wildallspice">
<B>wild allspice,</B> <B>=spicebush.</B></DL>
<A NAME="wildanemone">
<B>wild anemone,</B> <B>=pasqueflower.</B></DL>
<A NAME="wildbergamot">
<B>wild bergamot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a plant of the mint family that grows in dry areas of the eastern United States. It has large pinkish-purple flowers. </DL>
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<B>wild boar,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a wild hog of Europe, central and southwestern Asia, and northern Africa, generally considered as the ancestor of the domestic hog. </DL>
<B>wild-card, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not affiliated, assigned, or limited; unrestricted. <BR> <I>Ex. at least one wildcard candidate who won't go through the primaries (Harper's). wild-card CD's ... sold to savers ... at whatever rate the issuer chooses to pay (Time).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S.) (of a sports team) qualifying for championship play-offs by winning an arbitrary play-off among second-place teams. <BR> <I>Ex. Cincinnati was the American Conference wild-card team, finishing 11-3 in the same conference with defending league champion Pittsburgh, which was 12-2 (Kevin M. Lamb).</I> </DL>
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<B>wild carrot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a common weed of the parsley family, a native of Europe, Asia, and Africa, having a thin, woody, acrid root and clusters of lacy, white flowers; Queen Anne's lace. It is the origin of the cultivated carrot. </DL>
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<B>wildcat, </B>noun, adjective, verb, <B>-catted,</B> <B>-catting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a wild animal like a common cat, but larger. The lynx, bobcat of North America, related cats of Europe and North Africa, or any of various servals, ocelots, and margays are wildcats. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a fierce or savage person, especially a woman. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>a risky or unsafe business undertaking. <DD><B> b. </B>a well drilled for oil or gas in a region where none has been found before. <DD><B> 4. </B>(U.S. Informal.) a locomotive and its tender operating without other cars. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>not safe; wild; reckless. <BR> <I>Ex. a wildcat company. He lost all of his money by investing in wildcat stocks.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or denoting an illicit business or enterprise or its products. <DD><B> 3. </B>running without control or without a schedule. <BR> <I>Ex. a wildcat engine.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>not authorized by proper union officials; precipitated by small groups or local unions. <BR> <I>Ex. a wildcat strike.</I> <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to drill wells in regions not known to contain oil or gas. noun <B>wildcatter.</B> </DL>
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<B>wildcat bank,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a bank that issued notes although it possessed little or no capital, before the passage of the National Bank Act of 1863. </DL>
<A NAME="wildcelery">
<B>wild celery,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> eelgrass, a freshwater plant growing in shallow ponds. </DL>
<A NAME="wildchervil">
<B>wild chervil,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of chervil that grows as a weed in parts of North America. </DL>
<A NAME="wildcolumbine">
<B>wild columbine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a columbine that bears red and yellow nodding flowers on rigid, slender stems. </DL>
<A NAME="wildcrocus">
<B>wild crocus,</B> <B>=pasqueflower.</B></DL>
<A NAME="wildebeest">
<B>wildebeest, </B>noun, pl. <B>-beests</B> or (collectively) <B>-beest.</B> <B>=gnu.</B></DL>
