1. Having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind
   "the winged feet of Mercury"
    
2. Very fast; as if with wings
   "on winged feet"

1. Travel through the air; be airborne
   "The geese winged south for the winter";
   - fly
    
2. Propel through the air
   "He winged the paper aeroplane across the room";
   - throw
    
3. [informal] Move or travel very quickly
   "He winged down the hall to receive his guests";
   - rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie [archaic], speed, race, pelt along [informal], rush along, bucket along [informal], belt along [informal], step on it [informal], travel rapidly, hurry, zip [informal], zoom, zoom along [informal], whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], bucket [informal], belt [informal], barrel [informal], rocket [informal], pelt [informal]
    
4. [informal] Perform without preparation
   "he winged a speech at the wedding"; "The actor had to wing it when he forgot his lines";
   - improvise, improvize [non-standard], ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise [Brit], wing it [informal]
    
5. Injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the arm or leg
   "The bullet winged him as he fled"
    
6. Bring down a bird by shooting in the wing
   "The hunter winged the duck, but it managed to escape"

See also: alar, alary, alate, alated, aliform, batwing, brachypterous, fast, one-winged, pinioned, short-winged, slender-winged, small-winged, volant, winglike, wing-shaped

Type of: do, execute, go, impel, locomote, move, perform, propel, travel

Antonym: wingless

Encyclopedia: Winged