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Meaning of wings

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wings

Pronunciation:/wɪŋz/

noun

Definitions

  1. An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly; a similar fin at the side of a ray or similar fish

  2. Human arm.

  3. Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.

  4. One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.

verb

Definitions

  1. To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.

  2. To fly.

  3. (of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.

  4. To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.

noun

Definitions

  1. A type of scuba harness with an attached buoyancy compensation device: see wikipedia:Backplate and wing

  2. A flip (hairstyle)