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Verb: wigwag (wigwagged,wigwagging)  'wig,wag
  1. Send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code
    "The sailors wigwagged messages between ships"
     
  2. Signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code
    "The railway worker wigwagged to the approaching train"; "She wigwagged her arms to get attention"

Derived forms: wigwags, wigwagging, wigwagged

Type of: brandish, flourish, sign, signal, signalise [Brit], signalize, wave

Encyclopedia: Wigwag