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Definition of "wingtip" []

  • An often perforated shoe part that covers the toe and extends backward along the sides of the shoe from a point at the center. (noun)
  • A style of shoe having such a tip. (noun)
  • The tip of the wing of a bird, bat, insect, or other animal. (noun)
  • The extreme edge of a wing, as of an aircraft. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "wingtip" in a sentence
  • "In this shot you can see the white underside of one of the ray's wingtips (I know "wingtip" is probably not the right term, but ichthyology is not something I'm up on.)"
  • "For shoes, a wingtip, rather than a slip-on, which would be more day and casual, he says."
  • "They were all lined up wingtip to wingtip just asking to be ttrashed."
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