whinging
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verb (used without object), whinged, whing·ing. British and Australian Informal.
to complain; whine.
Origin:
before 1150; dial. (Scots, N England), earlier Scots quhynge, Old English hwinsian (not recorded in ME); cognate with Old High German winsōn (German winseln); derivative of Germanic base of whine
before 1150; dial. (Scots, N England), earlier Scots quhynge, Old English hwinsian (not recorded in ME); cognate with Old High German winsōn (German winseln); derivative of Germanic base of whine
Related forms
whing·er, noun
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| —vb , whinges, whingeing, whinged | |
| 1. | to cry in a fretful way |
| 2. | to complain |
| —n | |
| 3. | a complaint |
| [from a Northern variant of Old English hwinsian to whine; related to Old High German winsan, winisan, whence Middle High German winsen] | |
| 'whingeing | |
| —n, —adj | |
| 'whinger | |
| —n | |
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Whinging
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example sentences
And your whinging won't stop the spread of a service that many people find useful.
Plus, also, the other points that invalidate your whinging.
His whinging for five minutes about his sibling relations turns me into a crank.
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