wingding

English

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Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

wingding (plural wingdings)

  1. (slang) A fit or spasm.
    • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 243:
      ‘She threw a wingding. Looked like a mild epileptic fit to me.’
  2. (slang) A party.

Derived terms

  • throw a wingding

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