wingding
Britishnoun
-
-
a noisy lively party or festivity
-
( as modifier )
a real wingding party
-
-
a real or pretended fit or seizure
Etymology
Origin of wingding
C20: of unknown origin
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But clearly “Up” benefited from the new lewk the Recording Academy’s wingding provided.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2021
Maybe that’s because Nikias was too busy planning a celebratory, catered wingding for Puliafito.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2017
She buys a painting at a junk shop for a fellow she met at a speed-dating wingding; he stands her up for dinner.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2015
The busy actress and mother of two has indeed had a wingding of a time lately.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2011
But it was not just an American Legion wingding.
From Time Magazine Archive
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
