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whinge

  [hwinj, winj]
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–verb (used without object), whinged, whing⋅ing. British and Australian Informal.
to complain; whine.
Origin:
bef. 1150; dial. (Scots, N England), earlier Scots quhynge, OE hwinsian (not recorded in ME); c. OHG winsōn (G winseln); deriv. of Gmc base of whine

Related forms:
whinger, noun
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whinge   (hwĭnj, wĭnj)   
intr.v.   whinged, whing·ing, whing·es Chiefly British
To complain or protest, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.

[Dialectal alteration of Middle English whinsen, from Old English hwinsian.]
whing'er n., whing'ing·ly adv.
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