WINGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does winger mean? 

• WINGER (noun)
  The noun WINGER has 1 sense:

1. (sports) player in wing position

  Familiarity information: WINGER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WINGER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(sports) player in wing position

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("winger" is a kind of...):

athlete; jock (a person trained to compete in sports)

Domain category:

field hockey; hockey (a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved hockey sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net)

football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)

rugby; rugby football; rugger (a form of football played with an oval ball)

association football; soccer (a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal)