whinge

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verb

V_es/s

whinges

V_ing/Gerund

whingeing

V_ed/pp

whingingwhinged

1.
(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)To whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.
Argh! He has been whinging about it all night, even though he knows there's nothing we can do.
I know it won't help but sometimes it feels better to whinge about the things that annoy me.

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noun

Plural noun:

whingeswingequhynge

1.
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK)A cry.
Her whinges grew even shriller and more annoying the longer we had to listen to them.
2.
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK)A peevish complaint.
I know you don't like it, but your whinges won't solve the problem!

Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From a northern variant of Old English hwinsian (to whine), from *hwinisōn (to whine), from *hwīnan (to whine), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (to hiss, whistle, whisper). Cognate with winseln.