wigging
noun/ˈwɪɡɪŋ/
1
The action of the verb wig (in various senses).
2
Ireland, UK, Colloquial, Dated A telling-off or reprimand.
- His Colonel talked to him severely when the cold weather ended. That made him more wretched than ever; and it was only an ordinary ‘Colonel's wigging’!1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Thrown Away”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 18:
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Broadcasting, Film, Media, Television The practice of male stuntmen performing for actresses.
- “So why are there so few women in the stunt industry? Many point to the practice of “wigging” – which is when male stunt actors play female characters.”2018, Daniel Lavelle, “Why stuntwomen are angry about 'wigging' – and are changing the industry from within”, in The Guardian: