wigging, vbl. n. slang or colloq.
(ˈwɪgɪŋ)
[f. wig n.3 4 + -ing1.]
A severe rebuke, reproof, or reprimand; a scolding.
| 1813 [see wig n.3 4]. 1834 Marryat Peter Simple i. iv, It was her idea, that I should have a confounded wigging and be sent on board. 1895 Times Law Rep. XI. 204 The clerk of the board gave these religious people a fine wigging, pointing out that in spite of their religious professions they were deliberate liars. |