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View synonyms for wing tip
wing tip
noun
- Also wingtip. the extreme outer edge of an airplane wing.
- 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.
- a style of shoe with such a toe.
- the portion of a bird's folded wing formed by the part of the primary feathers extending beyond the secondary feathers.
wing tip
noun
- 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.
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This danger was greatly alleviated when the wing-tip flares were invented.
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The suspicious-looking object proved to be a bird's foot, and beside it was a pointed wing tip.
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Of the remaining six shots but one was effective—breaking the wing-tip of a young female, which was secured for a live decoy.
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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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