backwing

Meaning

1. verb To flap the wings in such a way as to push air forward, thereby slowing forward momentum.
2. noun An act of backwinging.
3. noun One of the posterior pair of wings on an insect.
4. noun The back portion of a bird's wing.
5. noun A wing-like projection on the upper back of some a Wayang puppets.
6. noun The flap of a dust jacket that folds around the back cover of a book.
7. noun A wing at the rear of a building.

Similar words

wing beat the wing flutter swap whiffle take wing hover winnow upwing whing