beat the wing

verb

To flutter or flap; to move with fluttering agitation, or to rush.

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Meanings

verbbeat the wing (third-person singular simple present beats the wing, present participle beating the wing, simple past beat the wing, past participle beaten the wing or (colloquial) beat the wing)

present singular third person beats the wing · participle present beating the wing · participle past beaten the wing

  1. datedTo flutter or flap; to move with fluttering agitation, or to rush.

    Thrice have I beat the wing, and rid with night / About the world.

    1674, John Dryden, State of Innocence
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