wig´wag´ger

wig´wag´ger
wig|wag «WIHG WAG», verb, -wagged, -wag|ging, noun.
–v.t., v.i.
1. to move to and fro; wag.
2. to signal by waving or holding a single flag or light in various positions according to a code. The three motions used in wigwagging represent a dot, a dash, and the end of a word or paragraph.
–n.
1. the act or system of signaling by wigwagging.
2. the message signaled.
╂[probably varied reduplication of wag1; perhaps influenced by wiggle]
–wig´wag´ger, noun.

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