winger
/ˈwɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/US/ˈwɪŋ.ɚ/
winger noun: one of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships.
Noun
winger (plural wingers)
- One of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships.
- We hauled out a winger of grog.
- An offensive player who plays on either side of the center.
- The center passed to the left winger, who shot and scored.
- "The pattern of the game could have been different if Anthony Pilkington had taken one of two chances either side of United's opener.
But the Norwich winger shot wide when clean through and saw another effort hit the post on 75 minutes.2011 October 1, Alistair Magowan, “Man Utd 2 - 0 Norwich”, in BBC Sport
Proper noun capitalized: Winger
Winger (plural Wingers)
- A surname.
- The two drivers, Wayne Gerdes and Bob Winger, weren’t new to this: they had, in fact, beaten their own previous record of 77.9 mpg obtained on the same route in 2013.2016 July 21, Jacopo Prisco, “How ‘hypermiling’ can save you a lot of fuel (and the planet)”, in CNN
winger meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
winger in Hindi
- विंगर
winger in Tamil
- விங்கர்
winger in Marathi
- विंगर
winger in Urdu
- ونگر, ونجر
More languagesFewer languages
- winger in Bengali
- উইঙ্গার, উইনগার
- winger in Telugu
- వింగర్
- winger in Malayalam
- വിംഗർ, വിൻഗർ, വിങ്ങർ
- winger in Kannada
- ವಿಂಗರ್
- winger in Punjabi
- ਵਿੰਗਰ
- winger in Gujarati
- વિંગર, વીંગર
- winger in Odia
- ୱିଙ୍ଗର, ୱିଙ୍ଗର୍
- winger in Nepali
- विङ्गर
Examples of winger in a sentence
- He initiated the game-winning play with a fancy deked saucer pass to the winger.
- In Calgary, the most interesting recipient of a finger-point has been 26-year-old star winger Johnny Gaudreau.
- Before you have a chance to react, it's ricocheted from winger to centreman to net.
Forms of winger
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | wingers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Wingers |
Origin of winger
From wing + -er.
Words formed from winger
Words that rhyme with winger
Questions about winger
- What does winger mean?
- Winger means one of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships.
- What is winger in Hindi?
- Winger in Hindi is विंगर. See Winger meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is winger?
- Winger can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce winger?
- Winger is pronounced /ˈwɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of winger?
- The plural of winger is wingers.
Words near winger in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: winger (page history and authors); Winger (page history and authors); winger (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); winger (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); winger (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); winger (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); winger (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); winger (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); winger (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); winger (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); winger (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); winger (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); winger (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); winger (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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