backwing
/B AE1 K W IH1 NG/verb
- 1
To flap the wings in such a way as to push air forward, thereby slowing forward momentum.
noun
- 1
An act of backwinging.
- 2
The back portion of a bird's wing.
- 3
One of the posterior pair of wings on an insect.
- 4
A wing-like projection on the upper back of some a Wayang puppets.
- 5
The flap of a dust jacket that folds around the back cover of a book.
- 6
A wing at the rear of a building.
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