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Wigwag   Listen
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Wigwag  v. i.  (Naut.) To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose. (Colloq.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Wigwag" Quotes from Famous Books



... shaking a handkerchief or something else white," he observed. "And it don't look like just waving at the steamer either, for they do it after a system, as we would signal with wigwag flags. There, I counted seven times he did it; then comes a halt, and one, two, three times, another halt; and once more he starts in, this time three, four, five, and then stops. Now, what do you suppose the fellow means by that, and who can he ...
— The Aeroplane Boys Flight - A Hydroplane Roundup • John Luther Langworthy



Words linked to "Wigwag" :   signalize, flourish, brandish



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