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whing-ding

whing-ding is the alternative form of wingding.

Meaning of wingding

Noun (1)

wingding (plural wingdings)

  1. (slang) A fit or spasm.
    • ‘She threw a wingding. Looked like a mild epileptic fit to me.’1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 243
  2. (slang) A party.
    • Yes we're gonna have a wingding / A summer smoker underground1982, Donald Fagen, “New Frontier”, in The Nightfly

Noun (2)

wingding (plural wingdings)

  1. A dingbat (ornamental typographical symbol), especially one from the Wingdings font.
    • Instead of going through the menu selections needed to insert a special symbol like a Wingding, you can rely on AutoCorrect to substitute the symbol for the text you type […]2004, Mary Millhollon, Katherine Murray, Microsoft Office Word 2003 Inside Out, page 202

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Forms of whing-ding

pluralwhing-dings

Questions about whing-ding

What is whing-ding the alternative form of?
Whing-ding is the alternative form of wingding.

Words near whing-ding in the dictionary

  1. whinest
  2. whinestone
  3. whineth
  4. whiney
  5. whing
  6. whing-ding
  7. whing-dings
  8. whingding
  9. whingdings
  10. whinge
  11. whingebag

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