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Noun: winging
  1. A water sport where the rider stands on a board while holding a hand-held inflatable wing to harness wind power
    "winging has become popular due to its easier learning curve compared to kitesurfing";
    - wing surfing
Verb: wing  wing
  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"

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

Encyclopedia: Winging

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