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Definition of wing verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    wing

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//wɪŋ//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they wing
     
     he / she / it wings
     
     past simple winged
     
     -ing form winging
     
     
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    fly
  1. 1[transitive, intransitive] wing (its way) + adv./prep. (literary) to fly somewhere A solitary seagull winged its way across the bay.
    2. go quickly
  2. 2[transitive] wing its way + adv./prep. to be sent somewhere very quickly An application form will be winging its way to you soon.
    3. Idioms
    wing it (informal)
     
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    to do something without planning or preparing it first synonym improvise I didn't know I'd have to make a speech—I just had to wing it.
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