wings
Americannoun
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Also called aviation badge. Military Informal. a badge bearing the image of a spread pair of bird's wings with a distinctive center design, awarded to an aircrewman on completion of certain requirements.
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a gold-embroidered green badge in the shape of a spread pair of bird wings worn by junior and cadette Girl Scouts to indicate previous membership in a Brownie troop.
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Traditional shuttlecocks are made of 16 duck or goose feathers - each taken from the same wing to give the correct flight and spin as feathers from different wings curve differently.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Here, the Pacific Flyway compresses into a living mosaic of wings, water and soil.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
These offer few clues as to which of the party’s wings is in the ascendant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
In addition to OpenAI and Anthropic, there’s talk that other major private tech companies such as Databricks, software firm Canva and payments giant Stripe could be waiting in the wings.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
“Get ahold of yourself,” Major Puff ordered when his feet refused to march and his wings refused to flap.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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