Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wingding

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: wingding
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fit or spasm.

Slang

noun

Slang

noun

A dingbat (ornamental typographical symbol), especially one from the Wingdings font.

noun

A glyph from a Wingdings font.

Example Sentences

"‘She threw a wingding. Looked like a mild epileptic fit to me.’"
"Yes we're gonna have a wingding / A summer smoker underground"
"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 […]"
"Don't know a wingding from a ring-a-ding-ding? Check out one of the For Dummies books on Microsoft Office."

Etymology

Reduplication of wing (“arm”).

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

wingdings (plural) whingding (alternative) whing ding (alternative) wing ding (alternative) wing-ding (alternative)

Questions

What does wingding mean?: A fit or spasm.
Where does wingding come from?: Reduplication of wing (“arm”).

How to pronounce wingding

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