to wing
- verb
- /wɪŋ/
- With no clear plan, they began to wing their presentation, relying on their creativity to impress the audience.
Examples
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To reach their destination, they decided to wing through the skies in a small private jet.
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The child was delighted as the paper airplane took flight, winging gracefully through the air.
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You know, I think we should probably just wing it.
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I'll probably just wing it anyway.
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Do you have pages or just want me to wing this?
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We're all just winging it, you know?
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There isn't clear direction, so I'm just going to kind of wing my way and button down.
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We always wing it.
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He'd ask the first question and I would ask the second, then we'd wing it.
Academic text (2011) -
Then I'll go into the class and 'wing it' as if it were spontaneous." (n35)
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
Move through the air using wings or in a plane
To fly high and freely in the air like a bird or glider
To move smoothly and without effort through the air or over a surface
To move smoothly and easily through the air or over a surface
To move or glide through the air like a light toy on a string
To glide smoothly through the air while slowly coming down
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Literature
Begin to fly, like birds rising into the air or projects starting to do well
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
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A small stiff group of feathers on the front edge of a bird's wing that helps control flight when landing
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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
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A small group of stiff feathers on a bird's thumb that helps control flight
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A small metal part with flat side pieces you can turn by hand to hold things together
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Wing as a verb meaning to move quickly through the air comes from the name of the bird part that makes flying possible, so to 'wing' somewhere is to go as if you had wings, fast or smoothly.