Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wingover

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wingover
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aerobatic maneuver in which an airplane makes a steep climb followed by a vertical flat-turn (the plane turns to its side, without rolling) and a short dive, levelling out to fly in the opposite direction from which the maneuver began.

Etymology

From wing + over.

Inflected Forms

wingovers (plural)

Questions

What does wingover mean?
An aerobatic maneuver in which an airplane makes a steep climb followed by a vertical flat-turn (the plane turns to its side, without rolling) and a short dive, levelling out to fly in the opposite direction from which the maneuver began.
Where does wingover come from?
From wing + over.

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