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Dingbat vs Wingding - What's the difference?

dingbat | wingding |

As nouns the difference between dingbat and wingding

is that dingbat is (informal) a silly, crazy or stupid person while wingding is a fit or spasm.

dingbat

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A silly, crazy or stupid person.
  • * 2003, The Gilmore Girls (TV, episode 4.07)
    • "The fire department is out here because some dingbat parked in the red zone."
  • * 1978, World according to Garp , John Irving, chapter 2
    • "'Midge was such a dingbat' , Jenny Fields wrote in her autobiografy, 'that she went to Hawaii for a vacation during World War Two.'"
  • (typography) A special ornamental typographical symbol, such as a bullet, an arrow, a pointing hand etc.
  • * 1982, The Elements of Editing: A Modern Guide for Editors and Journalists , Arthur Plotnik, p.8
    • "The compulsive editor, when checking the specs on an article, can't help checking also for such items as initial capital and closing dingbat , if they are used routinely. These decorative items have a way of being forgotten..."
  • (architecture) An architectural style of apartment building, where the second storey overhangs an area for parking cars.

    • Related terms

    * dingwad

    See also

    * wingdings

    wingding

    English

    Alternative forms

    * whingding * whing ding * wing ding

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.’
  • A party.

    • Derived terms

    * throw a wingding