Phrase guide

chicken wing

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈt͡ʃɪkɪnˌwɪŋ/
  • /ˈt͡ʃɪkənˌwɪŋ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A wing of a chicken, either on the living chicken, raw, or cooked.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A particular wrestling move.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war, wrestling

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A 20th-century shooting stance where the two elbows are positioned inline with the neck.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

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4

verb

Meaning 4

Alternative form of chicken-wing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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5

noun

Meaning 5

the wing of a chicken

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: wing

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 雞翼 /鸡翼 (gai1 jik6) — cooked wing of a chicken
  • Chinese: 雞翼 /鸡翼 (ke-sı̍t, koe-sı̍t) — cooked wing of a chicken
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雞翅 /鸡翅 (jīchì) — cooked wing of a chicken
  • Dutch: kippenvleugel — cooked wing of a chicken
  • Finnish: kanansiipi — cooked wing of a chicken
  • French: aile de poulet — cooked wing of a chicken
  • German: Hühnerflügel — cooked wing of a chicken
  • German: Hühnchenflügel — cooked wing of a chicken
  • German: Hähnchenflügel — cooked wing of a chicken
  • German: Chicken Wing — cooked wing of a chicken
  • Hungarian: csirkeszárny — cooked wing of a chicken
  • Japanese: 手羽先 (tebasaki) — cooked wing of a chicken
  • Korean: 닭날개 (dangnalgae) — cooked wing of a chicken
  • Polish: skrzydełko z kurczaka — cooked wing of a chicken
  • Russian: крыло́ ку́рицы (kryló kúricy) — cooked wing of a chicken
  • Spanish: alita de pollo — cooked wing of a chicken
  • Turkish: tavuk kanadı — cooked wing of a chicken
  • Turkish: tavuk kanat — cooked wing of a chicken
  • Vietnamese: cánh gà — cooked wing of a chicken