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beat the wing

beat the wing verb: to flutter or flap; to move with fluttering agitation, or to rush.

Verb

beat the wing (third-person singular simple present beats the wing, present participle beating the wing, simple past beat the wing, past participle beaten the wing or (colloquial) beat the wing)

  1. (dated) To flutter or flap; to move with fluttering agitation, or to rush.
    • Thrice have I beat the wing, and rid with night / About the world.1674, John Dryden, State of Innocence

Forms of beat the wing

third-person singular presentbeats the wing
present participlebeating the wing
pastbeat the wing
past participlebeaten the wing
past participle (colloquial)beat the wing

Questions about beat the wing

What does beat the wing mean?
Beat the wing means to flutter or flap; to move with fluttering agitation, or to rush.
What part of speech is beat the wing?
Beat the wing is a verb.
What is the past tense of beat the wing?
The past tense of beat the wing is beat the wing.

Words near beat the wing in the dictionary

  1. beat the rap
  2. beat the shit out of
  3. beat the stuffing out of
  4. beat the system
  5. beat the tar out of
  6. beat the wing
  7. beat time
  8. beat to
  9. beat to a pulp
  10. beat to quarters
  11. beat to the punch

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