Wig vs. Wag

A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness, for cultural or religious reasons, for fashion, or by actors to help them better resemble the character they are portraying.

An old seal.

To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).

(colloquial) To upbraid, reprimand.

To become extremely emotional or excitable; to lose control of one's emotions.

A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers.

An old seal; - so called by fishermen.

To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.

hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair

British slang for a scolding

A wig is a head or hair accessory made from human hair, animal hair, or synthetic fiber. The word wig is short for periwig, which makes its earliest known appearance in the English language in William Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona.

To swing from side to side, such as of an animal's tail, or someone's head, to express disagreement or disbelief.

To play truant from school.

(obsolete) To be in action or motion; to move; progress.

(obsolete) To go; to depart.

An oscillating movement.

Example: ‘The wag of my dog's tail expresses happiness.’;

A witty person.

To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to and fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body; as, to wag the head.

Example: ‘No discerner durst wag his tongue in censure.’; ‘Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.’;

To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate.

Example: ‘The resty sieve wagged ne'er the more.’;

To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir.

Example: ‘"Thus we may see," quoth he, "how the world wags."’;

To go; to depart; to pack oft.

Example: ‘I will provoke him to 't, or let him wag.’;

The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head.

A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker.

Example: ‘We wink at wags when they offend.’; ‘A counselor never pleaded without a piece of pack thread in his hand, which he used to twist about a finger all the while he was speaking; the wags used to call it the thread of his discourse.’;

a witty amusing person who makes jokes

causing to move repeatedly from side to side

move from side to side;

Example: ‘The happy dog wagged his tail’;

(especially with reference to an animal's tail) move or cause to move rapidly to and fro

Example: ‘his tail began to wag’; ‘the dog went out, wagging its tail’;

move (an upwards-pointing finger) from side to side to signify disapproval

Example: ‘she wagged a finger at Elinor’;

play truant from (school).

a wife or girlfriend of a sports player, typically characterized as having a high media profile and a glamorous lifestyle.