Wing Dingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Reduplication of wing (“arm”).

別の表記

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

名詞

wingding (plural wingdings)

1. (slang) A fit or spasm.
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 243:

     ‘She threw a wingding. Looked like a mild epileptic fit to me.’

2. (slang) A party.
   • 1982, Donald Fagen, “New Frontier”, in The Nightfly:

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

Further reading

• “wing-ding n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.

語源 2

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

名詞

wingding (plural wingdings)

1. (computing, typography) A dingbat (ornamental typographical symbol), especially one from the Wingdings font.
   • 2004, Mary Millhollon, Katherine Murray, Microsoft Office Word 2003 Inside Out, page 202:

     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 […]

   • 2011, Suzanne Gilad, Copyediting and Proofreading For Dummies, page 179:

     Don't know a wingding from a ring-a-ding-ding? Check out one of the For Dummies books on Microsoft Office.