winger
noun
wing·er
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Definition of winger
: a player (as in soccer or ice hockey) in a wing position
Examples of winger in a Sentence
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Two are 21-year-olds with plenty of potential: Aaron Wan-Bissaka, who arrived from Crystal Palace for £49m, and Daniel James, a Welsh winger, from Swansea for £15m. — M.j., The Economist, "Man City’s and Liverpool’s rivals have copied their transfer strategy," 10 Aug. 2019 Driving down into the U.S. zone, left winger Beth Mead played a great ball into the box and Ellen White put it away for England's shot and first goal. — Thom Craver, CBS News, "U.S. defeats England 2-1 to advance to Women's World Cup final," 2 July 2019 If a deal, expected to be in the $55 million, seven-year range, can’t get done, the high-scoring winger, at age 28, would become available to the Wild. — Charley Walters, Twin Cities, "Charley Walters: Low-key Rocco Baldelli has just the right touch for Twins," 15 June 2019 Cozens is the better skater, and could fit as a winger, too. — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, "Steve Yzerman could accelerate Detroit Red Wings rebuild in NHL draft," 13 June 2019 United States international DeAndre Yedlin also seems set to miss out due to injury, as do winger Christian Atsu and center-back Florian Lejeune. — Si Wire, SI.com, "Tottenham vs. Newcastle Live Stream, TV Channel: Watch Premier League Online," 25 Aug. 2019 Related Articles Arguably the most-pressing issue for Guerin at the moment is re-signing restricted free agents wingers Kevin Fiala and Joel Eriksson Ek. — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, "Source: Wild intend to hire Bill Guerin as general manager," 21 Aug. 2019 Nichushkin should get a chance to be a third- or fourth-line winger for the Avs, playing with centers J.T. Compher or Pierre-Edouard Bellemare. — Mike Chambers, The Denver Post, "Avalanche giving former elite prospect Valeri Nichushkin another NHL chance," 19 Aug. 2019 The opening goal for KC came when a winger was left all alone at the top corner of the box, holding his run onside before streaking in to score. — Dan Shulman, BostonGlobe.com, "Revolution’s keys to victory over Seattle," 9 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'winger.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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