winger

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈwɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/(UK)
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/ˈwɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/(UK) · /ˈwɪŋ.ɚ/(US)

Definition of winger

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships.
    “We hauled out a winger of grog.”
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noun

  1. One of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships.
    “We hauled out a winger of grog.”
  2. An offensive player who plays on either side of the center.
    “The center passed to the left winger, who shot and scored.”
    “"The pattern of the game could have been different if Anthony Pilkington had taken one of two chances either side of United's opener. But the Norwich winger shot wide when clean through and saw another effort hit the post on 75 minutes.”

name

  1. A surname.
    “The two drivers, Wayne Gerdes and Bob Winger, weren’t new to this: they had, in fact, beaten their own previous record of 77.9 mpg obtained on the same route in 2013.”

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Etymology

From wing + -er.

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