vbl. sb. slang or colloq. [f. WIG sb.3 4 + -ING1.] A severe rebuke, reproof or reprimand; a scolding.
1813. [see WIG sb.3 4].
1834. Marryat, Peter Simple, I. iv. It was her idea, that I should have a confounded wigging and be sent on board.
1895. Times Law Rep., XI. 204. The clerk of the board gave these religious people a fine wigging, pointing out that in spite of their religious professions they were deliberate liars.
