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wingover

[ wing-oh-ver ]

noun

, Aeronautics.
  1. an airplane maneuver involving a steep, climbing turn to a near stall, then a sharp drop of the nose, a removal of bank, and a final leveling off in the opposite direction.


wingover

/ ˈwɪŋˌəʊvə /

noun

  1. a manoeuvre in which the direction of flight of an aircraft is reversed by putting it into a climbing turn until nearly stalled, the nose then being allowed to fall while continuing the turn
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wingover1

First recorded in 1925–30; wing + over
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Example Sentences

Falconer Frederick Ottoway, president of the bird-abatement company WingOver Inc, said in an interview that the black birds have swiped at pedestrians because they are territorial and defending their nests.

Back home in South Dakota after the war, rugged, curly-haired Joe Foss, the Marine Corps' top South Pacific air ace, found politicking almost as simple as a wingover and just as much fun.

This baby is flying at less than 700 feet and he just did a wingover.

He flipped the plane into a wingover that sent the would-be jumper sprawling to the floor, kept him there by repeated wingovers until he got back to port.

He "punched the plane into a sharp wingover at 120 m. p. h. and came out underneath the dirigible."

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