water wings
plural noun
: an air-filled device that fits around the arms of a person learning to swim so as to provide buoyancy
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Setting aside the question of whether mice-sized water wings might have lifted their spirits just as quickly, this experiment could best be replicated with Trump administration officials.
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Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2025
In a swimming pool, children can wear water wings or use other floatation devices in the shallow end, with a parent in tow.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Fortunately, the tot's water wings kept her afloat, and instead of pointing fingers, the whole family had a good laugh.
—Kinsey Gidick, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2024
Since his mother had put water wings on him for a dip in Lake Michigan, however, his passion had been swimming.
—David O. Stewart, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2024
Children can wear water wings or a float belt in the shallow end of the pool if a parent is in tow.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
Phoenix had a blue bucket hat on with water wings to match.
—Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
Remember, even the best quality flotation devices (think water wings and inflated donuts) aren't designed to prevent drowning.
—The Enquirer, 27 June 2023
In 1958, Mao Zedong received the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev not just at his private swimming pool but in it, forcing the Soviet leader to negotiate in water wings.
—Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2011
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Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2025
In a swimming pool, children can wear water wings or use other floatation devices in the shallow end, with a parent in tow.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Fortunately, the tot's water wings kept her afloat, and instead of pointing fingers, the whole family had a good laugh.
—Kinsey Gidick, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2024
Since his mother had put water wings on him for a dip in Lake Michigan, however, his passion had been swimming.
—David O. Stewart, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2024
Children can wear water wings or a float belt in the shallow end of the pool if a parent is in tow.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
Phoenix had a blue bucket hat on with water wings to match.
—Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
Remember, even the best quality flotation devices (think water wings and inflated donuts) aren't designed to prevent drowning.
—The Enquirer, 27 June 2023
In 1958, Mao Zedong received the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev not just at his private swimming pool but in it, forcing the Soviet leader to negotiate in water wings.
—Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2011
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“Water wings.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20wings. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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