Used in a Sentence

wigs

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for wigs.

Editorial note

All the SEC big wigs are the same big wigs that were running the major banks and investment companies.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A bigwig

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of wigs gathered in one view.

noun

A bigwig

noun

(dated, among fishermen) An old seal.

noun

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.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for wigs.

noun

A bigwig

noun

(dated, among fishermen) An old seal.

noun

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.

Example sentences

1

All the SEC big wigs are the same big wigs that were running the major banks and investment companies.

2

You're claiming that basic intervals and chord are useless for understanding music that wasn't written by people in powdered wigs?

3

In the Orthodox Jewish world, many women wear sheitels, essentially wigs sourced from human hair.

4

Because big-wigs would totally pay their regular employees more if their expenses were lower rather than celebrating slightly more profit for themselves?

5

His hairline leaves very few options for drastic appearance changes unless he wears wigs which are a risk in their own right.

6

You can make the same argument about cars, or wigs, or plastic surgery.

7

One of the last chapters in Cyberpunk, she's in an office of some big corporate big wigs and asked to demonstrate her hacking skills.

8

Wear clothes, makeup, wigs, get plastic surgeries if you need to.

9

However, some self interested big wigs might have a different idea.

10

He later searched online for disguises, including beards and wigs.

11

High quality wigs tend to look better than real hair.

12

I was waiting until I managed to track down the e-mail addresses of some of the big wigs, but since this seems relevant I'll post it here as well.

Quote examples

1

The nice phrase for tl;dr is "executive summary" because big wigs don't need to bother with ill-written text.

2

Chances are the "big wigs" you met were not C-level, nor the level of management below that.

3

If my guess there is correct, then you were not really dealing with "big wigs"; you likely were dealing with essentially middle management.

4

Right before leaving/being shown the door, one of these not so nice big wigs from X company said, "The race is on, better hurry!" Ok, there was no guarantee of you buying us.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use wigs in a sentence?

All the SEC big wigs are the same big wigs that were running the major banks and investment companies.

What does wigs mean?

A bigwig

What part of speech is wigs?

wigs is commonly used as noun.