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goose-wing

goose-wing verb: to sail with the sails in a goose wing position.

Verb

goose-wing (third-person singular simple present goose-wings, present participle goose-winging, simple past and past participle goose-winged)

  1. To sail with the sails in a goose wing position

Forms of goose-wing

third-person singular presentgoose-wings
present participlegoose-winging
past participlegoose-winged
pastgoose-winged

Questions about goose-wing

What does goose-wing mean?
Goose-wing means to sail with the sails in a goose wing position.
What part of speech is goose-wing?
Goose-wing is a verb.
What is the past tense of goose-wing?
The past tense of goose-wing is goose-winged.

Words near goose-wing in the dictionary

  1. goose-stepped
  2. goose-stepper
  3. goose-steppers
  4. goose-stepping
  5. goose-steps
  6. goose-wing
  7. goose-winged
  8. goose-winging
  9. goose-wings
  10. gooseberries
  11. gooseberry

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