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whingding

whingding 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 whingding

pluralwhingdings

Questions about whingding

What is whingding the alternative form of?
Whingding is the alternative form of wingding.

Words near whingding in the dictionary

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

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