wingding

• whingding, whing ding, wing ding, wing-ding

Reduplication of wing (“arm”).

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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.
   • 1982, Donald Fagen (lyrics and music), “New Frontier”, in The Nightfly:

     Yes we're gonna have a wingding / A summer smoker underground

• throw a wingding

• Jonathon Green (2023), “wing-ding n.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang