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backwinging

backwinging is the present participle and gerund of backwing.

Meaning of backwing

Verb

backwing (third-person singular simple present backwings, present participle backwinging, simple past and past participle backwinged)

  1. To flap the wings in such a way as to push air forward, thereby slowing forward momentum.
    • As he got out, a raven backwinged to a landing in a nearby tree and was scolded by a squirrel who had thought that it was his spruce.1998, Dana Stabenow, Fire and Ice, page 212

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Questions about backwinging

What is backwinging the present participle and gerund of?
Backwinging is the present participle and gerund of backwing.

Words near backwinging in the dictionary

  1. backwinded
  2. backwinding
  3. backwinds
  4. backwing
  5. backwinged
  6. backwinging
  7. backwings
  8. backwood
  9. backwoods
  10. backwoodser
  11. backwoodsers

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