gled out of the appointment. Don’t try
to wiggle out of it. I saw you with her.wiggyGo to wigged (out).
wig out 1. in. to lose control of oneself; to
flip one’s wig. (See also wigged (out).)
I was afraid I would wig out if I stayed
any longer. Take it easy, man. Don’t wig
out. 2. in. to have a good time at a party,
etc. We wigged out at John’s do. Come
on, let’s wig out!
wildmod. exciting; eccentric; cool.
Things are really wild here. We had a
wild time.
wild and woollymod. exciting; hairy.
Things get a little wild and woolly on a Fri-
day evening at Wally’s place. The ride
home was a little wild and woolly.
will dophr. I will do it. Will do. I’ll get
right on it. Fix the stuck window?
Will do.
williesn. a case of fear or anxiety. (See also
screaming-meemies.) That kind of
movie always gives me the willies. I got
the willies before the test.
Wilma[“wIlm@] n. a stupid woman. (From
the Flintstones cartoon character. Also a
term of address.) She is such a Wilma!
What a twit! Well, Wilma. I see you for-
got your money again.
wimp 1. mod. windows, icons, mouse
pointer. (Usually WIMP. Acronym.
Refers to a computer system, such as
Macintosh or Microsoft Windows, with
an elaborate user interface including re-
sizable windows, clever icons, and a mov-
able mouse. The term implies that such
systems are for computer weaklings.)
I am happier with a computer system that
doesn’t have all that WIMP stuff. I want
all the WIMP gadgets I can get! 2. n. a
weak and retiring person; a square.
Don’t be a wimp. Stand up for your rights.
What a wimp. People walk all over her.
wimp out (of something)in. to chicken
out (of something);to get out of some-
thing, leaving others to carry the burden.
Come on! Don’t wimp out now that
there’s all this work to be done. Te d
wimped out on us.
wimpymod. weak; inept; square. You are
just a wimpy nerd! Come on, don’t be so
wimpy.
Win a few, lose a few.tv. Sometimes one
wins; other times one loses. Too bad.
Sorry about that. Win a few, lose a few.
“Win a few, lose a few,” doesn’t mean you
never win at all.windbag and bag of windn. a talkative
person; a braggart. Quiet, you wind-
bag! She’s nothing but a big bag of wind.
windy 1. mod. talkative. She’s so windy!
Won’t she ever let up? Here comes old
windy Charlie. Once he gets started, he
never stops. 2. mod. flatulent; having in-
testinal gas. I feel a little windy. If
you’re windy, why don’t you take the day
off?
wingin. to travel by airplane. We w in g e d
to Budapest and attended the conference.
They winged from there to London.wing-dingGo to whing-ding.
wing heavymod. alcohol intoxicated.
Ken’s a little wing heavy and can’t f ly
straight. From the way he’s staggering,
I’d say he’s more than a little wing heavy.
wing ittv. to improvise; to do something
extemporaneously. I lost my lecture
notes, so I had to wing it. Don’t worry.
Just go out there and wing it.
awink of sleepn.a bit of sleep; the small-
est amount of sleep. (Usually in the neg-
ative.) I hardly got a wink of sleep all
night long. I couldn’t get a wink of sleep
because of the noise.winksn. some sleep. (See also forty winks.)
I gotta have some winks. I’m pooped.
A few winks would do you good.
winkyGo to blinky.
winnern. an excellent person or thing.
This one is a real winner. He’s no win-
ner, but he’ll do.wino[“waIno] 1. n. wine. How about a
little more wino? This is excellent wino.- n. a wine drunkard. By midnight the
winos had gone into their stupors, and we
got that part of town to ourselves. I gave
wino