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Adjective: winged wingd- Very fast; as if with wings
"on winged feet" - Having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind
"the winged feet of Mercury" Verb: wing wing- Travel through the air; be airborne
- fly - [informal] Move or travel very quickly
- 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, whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], bucket [informal], pelt [informal], barrel [informal], rocket [informal], belt [informal] - Propel through the air
- throw - [informal] Perform without preparation
"he winged a speech at the wedding"; - improvise, improvize [non-standard], ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise [Brit], wing it [informal] - Injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the arm or leg
- Bring down a bird by shooting in the wing
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 Wing, Paul |