wing
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6.0
- noun
- /wɪŋ/
- Jargon
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- Anderson picks it up in front of the net, goes to corner, it's Joe Murat shooting it out on the wing and it goes all the way down the ice...
- a wing position
I was a forward, a mix between left wing, right wing, center.
- I was a forward, a mix between left wing, right wing, center.
- I was playing right wing and I was linked away but that was to a foreign club.
- Great player though, really pasty on the wing, come whack a ball.
- So obviously when we've gone out to do shape, Bellas is obviously put on one of the wing positions and.
Examples
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Player-coach Reggie Dunlop and right wing Ned Braden.
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Several times, players on the wing got wide open looks at a three.
Blog text (8) -
Pass it from the right wing in to the center.
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Half back passes to the center, back to the wing, back to the center.
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Lawrence takes the ball, passes it to the wing, and quickly gets it back.
Fiction book (1998) -
Ben Mac will be a solid wing defender by January, early February at the latest.
Blog text (24) -
Player C moves to the 3-point line and receives the ball on the right wing.
Academic text (2009) -
Hit a lay-up and a couple of jumpers from the wing.
Fiction book (2002) -
Robbo bolts down the wing, kicks long to the forward line.
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Lawrence takes the ball, passes it to the wing, and quickly gets it back.
Synonyms
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3.4
A player who stays near the side of the field in sports like football and attacks to score or pass
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4.2
A player who attacks or defends on the right side in team sports
Idioms
Compounds
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3.8
People who support conservative political, social, and economic ideas and little change
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8.4
A senior Royal Air Force officer who is above a squadron leader and below a group captain
- Specialized
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6.9
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
- Specialized
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
How Central
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wing for a hockey forward comes from the idea of being on the 'side' of the play like a bird's wing, so a wing player works on the left or right side and attacks from there.