wings

[wingz]

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. 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.

2. 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

"Our defence is pretty good and I'll have my wings chasing back and helping out, but when they break the line it's fight or flight."

From BBC

However, having returned to fitness following a serious hip injury, she made only two appearances in England's Women's Six Nations campaign earlier this year, with Abby Dow and Moloney-MacDonald emerging as Mitchell's preferred wings.

From BBC

The simulation of human handicraft — of stagehands and horn players hiding in the wings — is unnerving.

From Los Angeles Times

They spent a promising 10 minutes camped in Canada's 22 with wings Lisa Neumann and Jasmine Joyce-Butchers both having a sniff of an opportunity.

From BBC

In the baseline exchanges, Raducanu was regularly pinned back behind the baseline in defensive positions and unable to drag Rybakina out to the wings.

From BBC

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