Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The forked bone anterior to the breastbone of most birds, formed by the fusion of the clavicles.
- noun Football An offensive formation in which the halfbacks are positioned behind and to the left and right of the fullback.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The furcula, or merrythought of a fowl. Also
wishing-bone .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; -- called also
merrythought , andwishing bone . Seemerrythought , andfurculum .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A forked bone between the neck and breast of a bird consisting chiefly of the two clavicles fused at their median or lower end, regarded as a
lucky charm in some countries. - noun nautical A
spar in two parts, between which asail ishoisted , the wishbone extending itsclew . - noun nautical Any sailing vessel rigged with a wishbone.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the furcula of a domestic fowl
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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There he developed a formation with three running backs that came to be known as the wishbone because the positioning of the backfield formed a "Y" or wishbone shape.
Obituaries of note: Emory Bellard, Bill Justice, Tom Carnegie, Derek Rawcliffe, Post 2011
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* Previously: Memo paper with a built in wishbone.
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* Previously: Wishpaper: The memo paper with a built in wishbone.
Advertising roundup 2009
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` ` We simply couldn't stop them, '' said Bowden of the Georgia Tech spread option offense he called a wishbone attack.
USATODAY.com 2008
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` ` We executed at a high level, '' said Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson, architect of the scheme that harkens back to an era when offenses such as the wishbone were all the rage.
USATODAY.com 2008
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These simple directions don't require getting beat over the head with a drumstick, nor will you need to break a wishbone in order to achieve the perfect bird.
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"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum but the wishbone is a variation of the tee formation.
Mile High Report maritimebronco 2009
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T. fournieri, also known as the wishbone flower, makes a good model system because its ovaries, or embryo sacs, protrude from the base of the flower, plant biologist Tetsuya Higashiyama of Nagoya University in Japan and his colleagues note in the new study.
Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2009
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While both of the two main arms of the "wishbone" carry the traveler over the Sierras, the roads are wonderfully different.
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About this time, the Reds adopted a uniform logo of the now-familiar "wishbone" C, with
Cincinnati Reds Blog 2009
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