"wingtip" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wingtips [plural]
Etymology: From wing + tip. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wing|tip}} wing + tip Head templates: {{en-noun}} wingtip (plural wingtips)
  1. The extreme tip of the wing of an aircraft, bird, flying insect, etc.
    Sense id: en-wingtip-en-noun-aSaSooEt
  2. A part of a shoe, often with brogueing that extends backwards on both sides from the toe.
    Sense id: en-wingtip-en-noun-elsqVG46
  3. A part of a shoe, often with brogueing that extends backwards on both sides from the toe.
    (US) A brogue (shoe).
    Tags: US Categories (topical): Footwear
    Sense id: en-wingtip-en-noun-u-m6t3Sy Disambiguation of Footwear: 0 39 61 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 42 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 37 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 39 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 36 61 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 25 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 23 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (of a shoe): Flügelkappe [feminine] (German), kapka [feminine] (Polish) Translations (of flying things): Flügelspitze [feminine] (German)
Disambiguation of 'of a shoe': 0 50 50 Disambiguation of 'of flying things': 42 23 35

Inflected forms

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