stylized bird wings worn as an insignia by qualified pilots or air crew members
"After earning her commercial pilot license, Sarah proudly pinned the gold wings to her flight jacket during the graduation ceremony."
plural of wing
"The dive instructor clipped my BCD to the wings before we descended into the blue."
A type of scuba harness with an attached buoyancy compensation device: see wikipedia:Backplate and wing
In plain English: Wings are the large feathers that cover a bird's arms and help it fly.
"The bird spread its wings to take flight."
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wing
"She wings the ball over the net to score a point."
In plain English: To wing something means to hit it with a light, quick blow using your hand or an object.
"The bird spread its wings to take flight."
Wings comes from Old English winga, derived from Proto-Germanic wingōn with an original meaning of "side" or "flank." It is related to words like German Flügel, which originally referred to the side of a building before shifting to denote bird appendages.