wig out
B2 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words
To suddenly get very scared, crazy, or out of control with emotion.
Meanings
1 B2
idiomatic
informal
To lose emotional control due to anxiety, fear, or excitement; to behave in a panicked or irrational way.
"She totally wigged out when she found a spider in her shoe."
Grammar: inseparable
2 C1
idiomatic
slang
(Older slang) To become very excited, euphoric, or mentally altered, especially from drugs.
"The guys wigged out at the jazz concert, completely lost in the music."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
American slang from the 1950s and 1960s, associated with jazz culture. Less common than 'freak out' today but still understood, especially in American English. Also means to get high or intoxicated in older drug culture slang.
Commonly used with
completely totally a bit over something
Forms
Base
wig out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
wigs out
he/she/it
Past simple
wiged out
yesterday
Past participle
wiged out
have + pp
-ing form
wiging out
continuous
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