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wing

wing

583 1.0
A body part on birds, bats, and insects used for flying or served as food
  • noun
  • /wɪŋ/
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  • During the flight, I watched the bird gracefully flap its wings as it soared through the sky.
  • bird wings
  • flap its wings
  • a pair of wings

It grows eyes, it grows wings, it grows its legs.

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Examples

  • Let's see, did you guys ever decide if a wing was white meat or dark meat?

  • So here we might talk about the wing as being the wing of the bird.

  • I mean, look at the bird's wing, OK?

  • If we take this and make this part of the wing...

  • We got the small wings, OK, I love the flat parts.

  • You can see its wings unfold as it turns from purple to blue.

  • The bird is flapping its wings wildly as if trying to get out.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The chef marinated the chicken wings before grilling them for the barbecue.

  • The book details how birds use their wings to navigate long migrations each year.

Synonyms

chicken wing
vswing
30 1.0

The wing of a chicken cooked and eaten as a snack

is the general body part on animals used for flying or as food
turkey wing
vswing
1 2.2

A wing of a turkey that people eat

is the general body part across species used for flying or as food
1.8

A chicken wing cooked with a sweet, smoky sauce, usually grilled or baked

is the general body part across animals used for flying or as food

Idioms

5 5.1

Flying, especially about birds or insects

1 4.2

A more experienced person looks after and guides you

Compounds

76 3.8

People who support conservative political, social, and economic ideas and little change

30 1.0

The wing of a chicken cooked and eaten as a snack

19 3.9

People or groups that support more social equality and government help

7 2.6

A deep-fried chicken wing covered in spicy sauce eaten as a starter

wing nut
  • Offensive
6 9.0

A person with extreme political views that people insult

4 8.4

A senior Royal Air Force officer who is above a squadron leader and below a group captain

2 4.4

A comfortable chair with a high back and side wings to keep you warm

1 5.6

A shoe with a pointed toe and decoration on the front that looks like a W

buck-and-wing
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A lively solo tap dance with fast, energetic footwork

delta wing
  • Specialized
1 7.0

A triangular wing used on very fast jets

rotary wing
  • Specialized
1 6.9

A set of long rotating blades on a helicopter that lift it and let it hover

1 2.2

A wing of a turkey that people eat

wing loading
  • Specialized
1 8.2

The weight of a plane divided by the area of its wings

wing nut
  • Specialized
1 2.8

A small metal piece with two flat wings you turn by hand

bastard wing
  • Specialized
9.9

A small stiff group of feathers on the front edge of a bird's wing that helps control flight when landing

A small forest plant with leaves like wintergreen and pink-purple flowers

angel-wing begonia
  • Specialized
8.9

A South American plant with wing-shaped leaves and red flower clusters

A chicken wing cooked with a sweet, smoky sauce, usually grilled or baked

fore wing
  • Specialized
7.8

One of the front pair of thin parts an insect uses to fly when it has four wings

fore-wing
  • Specialized
8.2

The front wing on an insect with four wings, like a butterfly or beetle

A sea fish with large side and belly fins that glides above water

spurious wing
  • Specialized
9.1

A small group of stiff feathers on a bird's thumb that helps control flight

A fish with only its front fins made large so it can glide above the water

wing nut
  • Specialized
9.3

A tree with small winged seeds that grows near rivers in Asia

wing case
  • Specialized
7.7

A hard front shell on beetles that protects their thin back wings

9.6

A North American tree with rough, thick bumps on its branches that look like wings

wing screw
  • Specialized
5.5

A small metal part with flat side pieces you can turn by hand to hold things together

To shoot wild birds while they fly

wing-nut
  • Specialized
5.3

A metal nut with two flat wings for tightening by hand

wing-nut
  • Specialized
9.9

A tree that makes small nuts with wing-like parts that the wind carries

Having the form of a bird's wing

How Meaty

breast
99 1.0
thigh
17 1.4
drumstick
12 1.6
wing
583 1.0

Surface Forms

wing singular
wings plural

Etymology

Wing comes from an old Germanic word for the body part birds and insects use to fly, so picture it as the moving 'part' that pushes air and lifts an animal off the ground.