n.
Pronunciation: ' wig- ˌ wag
Function: verb
Etymology: English dialect wig to move + English wag
Date: 1892
transitive verb
1 : to signal by wigwagging
2 : to cause to wigwag
intransitive verb
1 : to send a signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code
2 : to make a signal (as by waving the hand or arm)