Wigwag (Verb)
Meaning 1
Signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The sailor was instructed to wigwag a warning signal to approaching ships about the hidden reef.
- To alert her crew, Captain James began to wigwag her lantern in a series of complex flashes.
- During the war, the infantryman was responsible for positioning himself on a hilltop to wigwag vital information to the generals below.
- In the old days of the railroad, brakemen would often wigwag lanterns to convey important signals to engineers.
- As the storm raged on, the lighthouse keeper struggled to wigwag a distress signal, but the howling winds kept extinguishing the light.