Meanings
plural wingtips
- The extreme tip of the wing of an aircraft, bird, flying insect, etc.
They're wonderful hoverers, though, and they'll remain stationary in the air, wing-tips vibrating, till they've marked their prey[.]
1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 131 more example
The poor but lovely bird sat there, posing among the celandines and wood anemones, wondering why its wing-tips were frozen together.
2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 26 - USA brogue (shoe).
Then, immaculately dressed in three-piece suit, starched collar, and wingtips, Wilbur was obliged to drive a spike of Nevada silver into a railroad tie, a tricky and potentially embarrassing ceremonoial duty, especially with a phalanx of eager photographers poised to record every misswing.
2014, Joseph E. Stevens, Hoover Dam: An American Adventure
Origin
Translations
French saumon
- saumonof flying things
German Flügelspitze, Flügelkappe
- Flügelspitzeof flying things
- Flügelkappeof a shoe
Polish kapka
- kapkaof a shoe
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Cite this entry
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