wing-ding

wing-ding
/wing"ding'/, n. Slang.
1. a noisy, exciting celebration or party.
2. a fit, either induced by drugs or feigned.
3. a fit of anger; a rage.
Also, wing ding.
[1925-30, Amer.; rhyming compound, perh. based on WING]

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