wing
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6.4
- 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
7
5.6
A pilot who flies behind the leader in formation to protect them
1
8.2
A female pilot who flies beside and a little behind the lead plane
Idioms
Compounds
202
3.8
People who support conservative political, social, and economic ideas and little change
6
8.4
A senior Royal Air Force officer who is above a squadron leader and below a group captain
- Specialized
1
6.9
A set of long rotating blades on a helicopter that lift it and let it hover
- Specialized
1
8.9
A South American plant with wing-shaped leaves and red flower clusters
- Specialized
1
5.5
A small metal part with flat side pieces you can turn by hand to hold things together
- Specialized
1
7.8
One of the front pair of thin parts an insect uses to fly when it has four wings
- US
1
9.6
A North American tree with rough, thick bumps on its branches that look like wings
- Specialized
A small stiff group of feathers on the front edge of a bird's wing that helps control flight when landing
- Specialized
A small group of stiff feathers on a bird's thumb that helps control flight
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.