winning

Definition

  • noun: the act of one that wins
  • adjective: relating to or producing a win
  • adjective: of or relating to winning
  • usually used in plural
  • synonyms: attracting, charming, conquest

Examples

  • The team is on a 12-game 'winning streak'. [=it has won 12 games in a row]

  • It's not about 'winning' or losing. It's about having fun.

  • Chocolate and mint is a 'winning' combination.

Movie quotes

  • (..) the demon's tooth... into a pick that would make the blacksmith play... only the most masterful of melodies on his lute... thereby winning the heart of the maiden he loved. The secret of the pick died with that blacksmith. And then...poof! All of a sudden it reappears (..)
    2006 Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny