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Wigwag

verb

(past & past part. wigwagged; pres. part. wigwagging)

Send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code.

Signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code.

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"Wigwag" Quotes from Famous Books

... "the reflection on the clouds will attract their attention, and they'll come back. They won't be able to see the fire itself, of course, but they'll see the reflection, and that will bring them down to investigate. Then we'll fire our revolvers and wigwag with blazing sticks until ...

— Boy Scouts in an Airship • G. Harvey Ralphson

... town and sometimes he got an answer, for there were other scouts over there. He did it just for pastime. Usually it was the wigwag that he used. But on this morning, noticing the dried leaves all about, he said, "We'll try a smudge, that's pretty good sport; Morse Code, you know." He looked about half-interestedly and began kicking leaves into a pile, Peter doing the same. ...

— Pee-wee Harris on the Trail • Percy Keese Fitzhugh

Words linked to "Wigwag" : flourish, brandish, signalize, wave, signalise, signal, sign