wingtip
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 7
Definition of wingtip
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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The extreme tip of the wing of an aircraft, bird, flying insect, etc.
“They're wonderful hoverers, though, and they'll remain stationary in the air, wing-tips vibrating, till they've marked their prey[.]”
“The poor but lovely bird sat there, posing among the celandines and wood anemones, wondering why its wing-tips were frozen together.”
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noun
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The extreme tip of the wing of an aircraft, bird, flying insect, etc.
“They're wonderful hoverers, though, and they'll remain stationary in the air, wing-tips vibrating, till they've marked their prey[.]”
“The poor but lovely bird sat there, posing among the celandines and wood anemones, wondering why its wing-tips were frozen together.”
- A part of a shoe, often with brogueing that extends backwards on both sides from the toe.
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(US)A part of a shoe, often with brogueing that extends backwards on both sides from the toe.
“Then, immaculately dressed in three-piece suit, starched collar, and wingtips, Wilbur was obliged to drive a spike of Nevada silver into a railroad tie, a tricky and potentially embarrassing ceremonoial duty, especially with a phalanx of eager photographers poised to record every misswing.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From wing + tip.
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