wigwag

wigwag
Synonyms and related words:
Lissajous figure, Roman candle, 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, 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, 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

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  • Wigwag — can denote the following:*A wigwag is a type of railroad level crossing signal. *A wig wag is an automotive headlight flasher. *A wigwag is a mechanism used in some washing machines. *A wig wag is a warning mechanism on truck braking systems.… …   Wikipedia

  • 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.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wigwag — [wig′wag΄] vt., vi. wigwagged, wigwagging [< obs. wig, to move + WAG1] 1. to move back and forth; wag 2. to send (a message) by waving flags, lights, etc. back and forth using a code n. 1. the act of sending messages in this way …   English World dictionary

  • wigwag — I. verb Etymology: English dialect wig to move + English wag Date: 1892 transitive verb 1. to signal by wigwagging 2. to cause to wigwag intransitive verb 1. to send a signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code 2. to make a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • wigwag — [c]/ˈwɪgwæg/ (say wigwag) verb (wigwagged, wigwagging) –verb (t) 1. to move (something) to and fro. –verb (i) 2. to move to and fro. 3. Navy, etc. to signal by movements of two flags or the like waved according to a code. –noun Navy, etc. 4.… …  

  • Wigwag (magazine) — Wigwag was an American magazine published from 1988 until 1991.Founded by Alexander Lex Kaplen, who worked at The New Yorker , Wigwag eschewed celebrity coverage in favor of personal and literary writing. A test issue was put on newsstands in the …   Wikipedia

  • Wigwag (railroad) — This article is about the wigwag railroad crossing signal. For other uses, see Wigwag (disambiguation). A Magnetic Flagman wigwag signal in use in southern Oregon in 2007. Wigwag is the nickname given to a type of railroad grade crossing signal… …   Wikipedia

  • wigwag — wigwagger, n. /wig wag /, v., wigwagged, wigwagging, n. v.t., v.i. 1. to move to and fro. 2. Naut. to signal by movements of two flags or the like waved according to a code. n. 3. Naut. the act or process of sending messages by the movements of… …   Universalium

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