I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: so called from the superstition that when two persons pull it apart the one getting the longer fragment will have his wish granted
1. or wishing bone : a furcula in front of the breastbone in a bird consisting chiefly of the two clavicles ankylosed at their median or lower end and usually movably articulated with both the scapula and coracoid at the other end and often having at the median point of union a process that is large and flattened in the domestic fowl
2. : something that resembles the wishbone of a bird: as
a. : an automobile suspension
b. : a crossarm for electric wires on poles
II. noun
: a variation of the T formation in which the halfbacks line up farther from the line of scrimmage than the fullback