chicken-wing

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chicken-wing

noun chicken-wings

  1. alternative Alternative form of chicken wing

verb chicken-wings · chicken-winging · chicken-winged

  1. humorous To pass a hard-hit ball with the upper arm extended out from the body. The player usually has the lower arm pulled in toward the body, reminiscent of a chicken's wings when trussed. Don't chicken-wing it!
  2. To shoot in a chicken wing stance, i.e. with both elbows positioned inline with the neck.

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@misc{chicken_wing_2026,
  title = {chicken-wing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chicken-wing},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}