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  • verb Present participle of wing.

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Examples

  • Our first lesson in winging-it’ (not having reservations) was learned on Sunday when the campground we were heading to told us via cell phone that we couldn’t stay there if we arrived after 6: 00 p.m.

    Fall 2004 – Where are we?! 2004

  • Oh like the epidemic of all those telephone support calls winging their way over to her Indian corporate friends.

    Pro-Hillary 527 Ad: "It Takes More" Than Speeches 2009

  • I'm told they went well even regardless of any winging, which is cool.

    October 12th, 2005 2005

  • So the idea of doing so with no preparation—no buildup time to get used to the idea of winging your body across the continent—was even more unfathomable.

    Miss Misery Andy Greenwald 2006

  • So the idea of doing so with no preparation—no buildup time to get used to the idea of winging your body across the continent—was even more unfathomable.

    Miss Misery Andy Greenwald 2006

  • For some performers, the idea of winging their opening night in a new venue would be the stuff of nightmares - naked on the first day of school-type fiascos.

    Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines 2010

  • For some performers, the idea of winging their opening night in a new venue would be the stuff of nightmares - naked on the first day of school-type fiascos.

    Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines 2010

  • Few have the time for all the finer details, so they wind up 'winging' it and hoping people focus on the words rather than the scenery.

    A hot wrinkled mess - dfi 2009

  • And so I said to Steve Carell, I guess we'll be kind of winging it, we'll have some mile markers and things we know we got to get to story wise, but have fun, good luck!

    Follow-Up Interview: Get Smart's Director Pete Segal « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • I ` m actually not well prepared because frankly I thought Kathryn was going to get this so I ` m kind of winging it here.

    CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2010 2010

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