Definition of On the wing

1. Adverb. Flying through the air. "We saw the ducks in flight"

Exact synonyms: In Flight

Definition of On the wing

1. Adverb. While flying. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of On The Wing

on the toss of a coin
on the town
on the trot
on the turps
on the up
on the up-and-up
on the up and up
on the uptake
on the verge
on the wagon
on the wane
on the warpath
on the watch
on the way
on the whole
on the wing (current term)
on their own(p)
on thin ice
on tilt
on time
on tiptoe
on to
on top
on top of
on top of that
on top of the world
on tour
on tow
on track
on trend

Literary usage of On the wing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"It seldom if ever frequents the coast, and is more active on the wing than the Sea-Eagle, being able to take some birds as they fly, but a large part of its ..."

2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1884)
"The moth is on the wing in June and July ; the eggs are laid on apple, plum and wild cherry trees, and the larva, Fig. 2, becomes full grown in September. ..."

3. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... observations recorded because they are observed, and in just the words in which they presented themselves, hasty impressions of life on the wing. ..."

4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1834)
"flower-bearing the name Strong as old eagles on the wing aloft." is exquisite : seem s - » - " The meanest thing to which we bid adieu, Loses its meanness ..."

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