PIGEONWING


Meaning of PIGEONWING in English

I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

1.

a. : a wing of a pigeon

b. : a wing resembling that of a pigeon

2.

a. : a fancy dance step executed by jumping and striking the legs together

performing capers … and pigeonwings around each other — H.L.Davis

b. : a fancy figure in skating

3. : a sytle of dressing men's side hair in waves or curls resembling pigeon's wings

4. : a brown dappled with purple that comes between dark brown and light blue in the table of colors in tempering of hardened steel

II. transitive verb

: to move by doing pigeonwings

pigeonwinged himself across the floor

intransitive verb

: to dance a pigeonwing

pigeonwinged in the middle of the dance floor

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