/ear"wig'/ , n. , v. , earwigged, earwigging .
n.
1. any of numerous elongate, nocturnal insects of the order Dermaptera, having a pair of large, movable pincers at the rear of the abdomen.
v.t.
2. to fill the mind of with prejudice by insinuations.
[ bef. 1000; ME erwigge, OE earwicga ear insect; from the notion that it enters people's ears. See WIGGLE ]