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wingding

noun — 4 senses

Wingding

nounalso spelled Wingding

Etymology Introduced as a trademark by Microsoft.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A glyph from a Wingdings font.

wingding

noun

Etymology Reduplication of wing (“arm”).

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:

wingding

noun

Etymology After the Wingdings font developed by Microsoft in 1990. Its name was presumably derived from dingbat and earlier senses of wingding.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Media, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Publishing, Sciences, Typography 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:
  • Don't know a wingding from a ring-a-ding-ding? Check out one of the For Dummies books on Microsoft Office.2011, Suzanne Gilad, Copyediting and Proofreading For Dummies, page 179:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for Wingding and wingding.