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wingstroke

wingstroke noun: a wingbeat.

Noun

wingstroke (plural wingstrokes)

  1. A wingbeat.
    • It was a wonderful sight to see at least a hundred creatures of such enormous size and hideous appearance all swooping like swallows with swift, shearing wing-strokes above us; but soon we realized that it was not one on which we could afford to linger.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Forms of wingstroke

pluralwingstrokes

Origin of wingstroke

From wing + stroke.

Questions about wingstroke

What does wingstroke mean?
Wingstroke means a wingbeat.
What part of speech is wingstroke?
Wingstroke is a noun.
What is the plural of wingstroke?
The plural of wingstroke is wingstrokes.

Words near wingstroke in the dictionary

  1. wingspans
  2. wingspot
  3. wingspots
  4. wingspread
  5. wingspreads
  6. wingstroke
  7. wingstrokes
  8. wingsuit
  9. wingsuited
  10. wingsuiter
  11. wingsuits

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