Thesaurus results for WIG (OUT)

wig (out)

verb

Definition of wig (out)

slang

as in to crack

to yield to mental or emotional stress with her claustrophobia, it wouldn't take a day for her to wig out on a submarine

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The researchers developed their fiber-optic system to detect acoustic emissions, or small vibrations produced when materials undergo changes such as cracking.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Several months later, the discovery of the two suitcases in Wisconsin would crack the case wide open.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of crack

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After the band melted down, Hughes went out on his own, releasing his 1977 solo debut, Play Me Out, the first of more than a dozen solo LPs he’s released.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2026
Ever since the Dodgers dropped a billion-dollar hammer on Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the rest of baseball has melted down.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of melt down

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Bill Snyder’s second-greatest football achievement as Kansas State’s legendary head coach, after magically transforming the nation’s most moribund program into a national contender, was to choke the life from his school’s biggest rivalry game.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
Among those arrested were individuals accused of choking their partners and assaulting their children, the sheriff’s office said.

— Tanya Babbar, Houston Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of choke

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Kendall teaches children and teenagers to break down anxiety-provoking situations, such as finding friends to sit with in the cafeteria or asking someone for a date, into smaller steps and planning what to do if something goes wrong.

— Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
For the first time in Oppenheim’s career, his relationship with a subject broke down seemingly beyond repair.

— Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of break down

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