- pigeonwing
- I. \\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
1.a. : a wing of a pigeonb. : a wing resembling that of a pigeon2.a. : a fancy dance step executed by jumping and striking the legs together
performing capers … and pigeonwings around each other — H.L.Davis
b. : a fancy figure in skating3. : a sytle of dressing men's side hair in waves or curls resembling pigeon's wings4. : a brown dappled with purple that comes between dark brown and light blue in the table of colors in tempering of hardened steelII. transitive verb: to move by doing pigeonwingspigeonwinged himself across the floor
: to dance a pigeonwingpigeonwinged in the middle of the dance floor
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/pij"euhn wing'/, n.1. a particular figure in skating, outlining the spread wing of a pigeon.2. a similar fancy step or evolution in dancing.[1775-85; PIGEON1 + WING]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.