wing
- noun
- /wɪŋ/
- Jargon
- In the formation flight, I maintained my position on his wing to ensure a coordinated approach.
- wing formation
Examples
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Just stay on my wing.
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I said stay on my wing!
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A little closer to the wing, sir.
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Steve, move up to left wing!
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I'm on your wing, Junior!
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You're supposed to be on the wing.
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WASP 2: Watch your wing.
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The two destroyers were formidable defenses, even for the three bombers flying wing to wing in the midday sun.
Fiction book (2000) -
General Matias, there's a runner on the east wing, and he's carrying a briefcase.
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The pilot glanced over to check that his trainee was still on his wing during the exercise.
Synonyms
A pilot who flies behind the leader in formation to protect them
A female pilot who flies beside and a little behind the lead plane
Idioms
Compounds
People who support conservative political, social, and economic ideas and little change
A senior Royal Air Force officer who is above a squadron leader and below a group captain
- Specialized
A set of long rotating blades on a helicopter that lift it and let it hover
- Specialized
A small stiff group of feathers on the front edge of a bird's wing that helps control flight when landing
- Specialized
A South American plant with wing-shaped leaves and red flower clusters
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One of the front pair of thin parts an insect uses to fly when it has four wings
- Specialized
A small group of stiff feathers on a bird's thumb that helps control flight
- Specialized
A small metal part with flat side pieces you can turn by hand to hold things together
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wing meaning the position beside another aircraft comes from the idea of being at the 'side' like a wing next to a bird's body, so to fly on someone's wing is to hold the side position in formation.