wingbeat
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈwɪŋˌbiːt/
- Specialized
:
batir de alas
- The air about our heads throbs with their wingbeats and cawing.
Examples
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Their sudden movements and quick wingbeats quickly ruled out blackbirds, which is what I expected to see in such a large flock.
Blog text (34) -
I felt it push off from my arm, felt the breath of its wingbeat on my face, heard its caws-caw-cawing fade in the distant sky.
Fiction book (1993) -
I heard it pass above: a whooshing wingbeat, and then a wind-wake roaring in my ears.
Fiction book (1993) -
Its wingbeats were powerful, threatening to shove Mirka backwards.
Fiction book (2001) -
When sticky pollen is widespread, faster wingbeats release more of it, giving bees with faster wingbeats an advantage.
Blog text (4) -
But suddenly the air came alive with the sound of ducks' wingbeats—greenwings and cinnamons spilling through the dark.
Fiction book (1990) -
The rhythmic wingbeat of the hummingbird is a beautiful sound in the garden.
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We watched the graceful wingbeats of the eagles soaring high above the mountains.
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Listening closely, I could hear the wingbeat of the butterflies as they fluttered around the flowers.
Synonyms
11
2.7
A quick, light repeated movement, like wings or leaves
1
3.0
A quick, light movement up and down by wings or leaves
A regular beat that a heart or rain makes
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wingbeat joins wing and beat: a wing is the part birds use to 'fly', and beat here means a regular 'stroke' or movement, like a heartbeat or a drumbeat. So, wingbeat means the repeated movement or rhythm of a wing as a bird or insect flies.