wingding

English

Alternative forms

• whingding
• whing ding
• wing ding

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU):

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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

Translations

fit or spasm

• Finnish: kohtaus (fi)
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• German: Anfall (de) m

party

• Finnish: bileet (fi) pl
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• German: Feier (de) f, Fete (de) f