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whinge

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Verb — (informal) To grumble or moan about something in an irritating, repeated way.

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Etymology

Comes from a northern variant of Old English hwinsian (“to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwinisōn (“to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwīnan (“to whine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). It is cognate with German winseln (“to whine, whimper”).

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