wigwag Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code
  2. verb signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code

WordNet

Wig"wag` intransitive verb
Etymology
See Wag, v. t.
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose. Colloq.

Webster 1913