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View synonyms for wing tip

wing tip

noun

  1. Also wingtip. the extreme outer edge of an airplane wing.
  2. a toecap, often with a perforated pattern, having a point at the center and a piece at each side extending back along the top and sides.
  3. a style of shoe with such a toe.
  4. the portion of a bird's folded wing formed by the part of the primary feathers extending beyond the secondary feathers.


wing tip

noun

  1. the outermost edge of a wing


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wing tip1

First recorded in 1870–75

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Example Sentences

First on one wing-tip, and then on the other, we corkscrewed dizzily down.

This danger was greatly alleviated when the wing-tip flares were invented.

The suspicious-looking object proved to be a bird's foot, and beside it was a pointed wing tip.

Of the remaining six shots but one was effective—breaking the wing-tip of a young female, which was secured for a live decoy.

He was swarming up the plane-wing tip before Jamison reached him, and he kicked frenziedly when Jamison plucked him off.

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