verb
whinge
Whinge (verb) means (informal) To grumble or moan about something in an irritating, repeated way.
verb
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(informal) To grumble or moan about something in an irritating, repeated way.
"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."
""You know the problem these days with young people? Get them to carry a 500-pound bomb and within 30 seconds they're making noises," he says, imitating a whingeing sound."
— John Lyons, Action stations as sea giants stay vigilant on the frontline (2012)
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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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What is the meaning of whinge?
"whinge" (verb) means (informal) To grumble or moan about something in an irritating, repeated way.
