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wingtips

wingtips is the plural 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

Questions about wingtips

What is wingtips the plural of?
Wingtips is the plural of wingtip.

Words near wingtips in the dictionary

  1. wingsuit
  2. wingsuited
  3. wingsuiter
  4. wingsuits
  5. wingtip
  6. wingtips
  7. Wingville
  8. wingwalker
  9. wingwalkers
  10. wingwang
  11. wingwangs

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