chicken wing

/ˈt͡ʃɪkɪnˌwɪŋ//ˈt͡ʃɪkənˌwɪŋ/

noun

A wing of a chicken, either on the living chicken, raw, or cooked.

Meanings

nounchicken wing (plural chicken wings)

plural chicken wings

  1. cookingA wing of a chicken, either on the living chicken, raw, or cooked.
  2. governmentA particular wrestling move.
  3. engineeringA 20th-century shooting stance where the two elbows are positioned inline with the neck.
verbchicken wing (third-person singular simple present chicken wings, present participle chicken winging, simple past and past participle chicken winged)

present singular third person chicken wings · participle present chicken winging · participle past chicken winged · past chicken winged

  1. alternativeAlternative form of chicken-wing.

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 雞翼 /鸡翼
  • 雞翼 /鸡翼 (gai¹ jik⁶)cooked wing of a chicken
Chinese Mandarin 雞翅 /鸡翅
  • 雞翅 /鸡翅 (jīchì)cooked wing of a chicken
Dutch kippenvleugel
  • kippenvleugelcooked wing of a chicken
Finnish kanansiipi
  • kanansiipicooked wing of a chicken
French aile de poulet
  • aile de pouletcooked wing of a chicken
German Hühnerflügel, Hühnchenflügel
  • Hühnerflügelcooked wing of a chicken
  • Hühnchenflügelcooked wing of a chicken
  • Hähnchenflügelcooked wing of a chicken
  • Chicken Wingcooked wing of a chicken
Hungarian csirkeszárny
  • csirkeszárnycooked wing of a chicken
Japanese 手羽先
  • 手羽先 (tebasaki)cooked wing of a chicken
Korean 닭날개
  • 닭날개 (dangnalgae)cooked wing of a chicken
Polish skrzydełko z kurczaka
  • skrzydełko z kurczakacooked wing of a chicken
Russian крыло́ ку́рицы
  • крыло́ ку́рицы (kryló kúricy)cooked wing of a chicken
Spanish alita de pollo
  • alita de pollocooked wing of a chicken
Turkish tavuk kanadı, tavuk kanat
  • tavuk kanadıcooked wing of a chicken
  • tavuk kanatcooked wing of a chicken
Vietnamese cánh gà
  • cánh gàcooked wing of a chicken
Cite this entry
APA

chicken wing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chicken%20wing

MLA

“chicken wing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chicken%20wing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chicken wing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chicken%20wing.

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