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wing tip

wing tip is the alternative form of wingtip.

Meaning of wingtip

Noun

wingtip (plural wingtips)

  1. The extreme tip of the wing of an aircraft, bird, flying insect, etc.
    • They're wonderful hoverers, though, and they'll remain stationary in the air, wing-tips vibrating, till they've marked their prey[.]1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 13
  2. A part of a shoe, often with brogueing that extends backwards on both sides from the toe.
    1. (US) A brogue (shoe).
      • Then, immaculately dressed in three-piece suit, starched collar, and wingtips, Wilbur was obliged to drive a spike of Nevada silver into a railroad tie, a tricky and potentially embarrassing ceremonoial duty, especially with a phalanx of eager photographers poised to record every misswing.2014, Joseph E. Stevens, Hoover Dam: An American Adventure

Forms of wing tip

pluralwing tips

Questions about wing tip

What is wing tip the alternative form of?
Wing tip is the alternative form of wingtip.

Words near wing tip in the dictionary

  1. wing shooter
  2. wing shooters
  3. wing snail
  4. wing snails
  5. wing surfing
  6. wing tip
  7. wing trimmer
  8. wing trimmers
  9. wing walker
  10. wing walkers
  11. wing walking

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