Usually means: Forked bone symbolizing luck, tradition.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word wishbone:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. wishbone: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. wishbone: Merriam-Webster
  3. wishbone: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. wishbone: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. wishbone: Collins English Dictionary
  6. wishbone: Vocabulary.com
  7. Wishbone, wishbone: Wordnik
  8. wishbone: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. wishbone: Wiktionary
  10. wishbone: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. wishbone: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. wishbone: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. wishbone: Dictionary.com
  14. wishbone: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. The Wishbone, Wishbone (TV series), Wishbone (computer bus), Wishbone: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Wishbone: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. wishbone: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. wishbone: Rhymezone
  19. Wishbone: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. wishbone: FreeDictionary.org
  21. wishbone: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. wishbone: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wishbone: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wishbone: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bird On! (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. wishbone: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The wishbone, Wishbone: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Wishbone: Bicycle Glossary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Wishbone: Latitude Mexico

(Note: See wishboneing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A forked bone between the neck and breast of a bird consisting chiefly of the two clavicles fused at their median or lower end, regarded as a lucky charm in some countries.
noun:  (nautical) A spar in two parts, between which a sail is hoisted, the wishbone extending its clew.
noun:  (nautical) Any sailing vessel rigged with a wishbone.
noun:  (American football) A particular kind of offensive formation. See wishbone formation.
noun:  (automotive) A suspension component similar in shape to a chicken wishbone.
verb:  (transitive) To form into a wishbone-like shape; to fork.

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