wings
Americannoun
-
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.
-
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.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Vance was ushered away in the opposite direction, and others on the stage were directed into the wings quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
This means that in areas defined as "straight-line mode" zones, where the front and rear wings are open to increase speed, power will be at 350kw, but elsewhere maximum deployment will not be allowed.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
“Amen obviously pushes the pace, but Reed’s a really good kick-ahead guy, and our wings get out and run, and off ball, obviously less isolation and post-ups for Kevin.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
In her memory, Ms. Phillips writes, “the brother closest to me whispers, their wings are flying up, as singed leaves laced with sparks scatter drowsily higher.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
A frigate bird, his dark wings as wide as the man was tall, swooped curiously.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
