What does "batwing" mean?
The wing of a bat, or its shape.
Batwing
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The wing of a bat, or its shape.
- Grammar: batwing is listed as noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: bat wing sign, batlike, batlike leaf, batwing leaf.
- Useful contrasts: angular, narrow sleeve, nonflight limb.
- Usage evidence: The junk was nearer, beating in toward the island, her brown batwing sail suddenly tall and terribly conspicuous against the sky.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The wing of a bat, or its shape.
"The junk was nearer, beating in toward the island, her brown batwing sail suddenly tall and terribly conspicuous against the sky."
- 2 one of a pair of swinging doors (as at the entrance to a western saloon) wordnet
- 3 Several South or Southeast Asian species of tailless dark swallowtail butterflies in the genus Atrophaneura.
- 4 An area of flabby fat under a person's arms. slang
- 5 A long sleeve with a deep armhole, tapering toward the wrist.
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- 6 One of a pair of swinging doors which typically do not lock nor cover the full vertical range of the doorway (leaving a large gap at the top and bottom), common especially in saloons.
"The cantina was a flatroofed adobe, painfully white in the unrelenting sun, with a brush roof and splintery batwings. The doors swung back and forth as a man stepped before them and stood beneath the brush arbor, staring at Navarro,[…]"
- 7 A heart-shaped rollercoaster feature with two inversions.
- 8 An exercise or posture on the stomach wherein a dumbbell row or lateral raise is performed. attributive, often
Adjective
- 1 formed or shaped like a bat's wing wordnet
Synonyms
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Example
"The junk was nearer, beating in toward the island, her brown batwing sail suddenly tall and terribly conspicuous against the sky."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "batwing"?
Common synonyms include: bat wing sign, batlike, batlike leaf, batwing leaf, dolman sleeve, membranous wing.
How do you use "batwing" in a sentence?
The junk was nearer, beating in toward the island, her brown batwing sail suddenly tall and terribly conspicuous against the sky.
Etymology
From bat + wing.