wigging
noun
[ ˈwɪɡɪŋ ]
• a severe rebuke.
• "the presenter gave the PM a wigging"
wig
verb
• rebuke (someone) severely.
• "I had often occasion to wig him for getting drunk"
Origin:
early 19th century: apparently from wig1, perhaps from bigwig and associated with a rebuke given by a person in authority.
