- Whinge
- Whingers are not popular in any circumstance. To whinge is to whine. We all know someone who likes to whinge about everything.
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Whinge
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whinge — [wındʒ] v present participle whingeing or whinging [i]BrE to keep complaining in an annoying way whinge about ▪ Stop whingeing about the situation and accept it. >whinge n ▪ His tale is one long whinge about his own suffering. &G … Dictionary of contemporary English
whinge — [ wındʒ, hwındʒ ] (present participle whinge|ing) verb intransitive BRITISH INFORMAL to WHINE ╾ whinge noun count ╾ whing|er noun count … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Whinge — Whinge, v. i. To whine. [Scot.] Burns. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whinge — British, informal, ultimately from O.E. hwinsian, from P.Gmc. *khwinisojan (Cf. O.H.G. winison, Ger. winseln), from root of O.E. hwinan to whine (see WHINE (Cf. whine)). Related: Whinged; whinging … Etymology dictionary
whinge — meaning ‘to grumble peevishly’, is BrE. Its ing form is whingeing, with an e to preserve the soft sound of the g … Modern English usage
whinge — Brit. informal ► VERB (whingeing) ▪ complain persistently and peevishly. ► NOUN ▪ an act of whingeing. DERIVATIVES whinger noun. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
whinge — [hwinj, winj] [Brit. Informal] Brit. Informal vi. whinged, whingeing [OE hwinsian < Gmc * hwinisōjan] 1. to whine 2. to complain n. a whine or complaint … English World dictionary
whinge — UK [wɪndʒ] / US / US [hwɪndʒ] verb [intransitive] Word forms whinge : present tense I/you/we/they whinge he/she/it whinges present participle whingeing past tense whinged past participle whinged British informal to complain, especially in a way… … English dictionary
whinge — [[t](h)wɪ̱nʤ[/t]] whinges, whingeing, whinging (present participle), whinged VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone is whingeing, you mean that they are complaining in an annoying way about something unimportant. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V about n/… … English dictionary
whinge — intransitive verb (whinged; whinging or whingeing) Etymology: Middle English *whingen, from Old English hwinsian; akin to Old High German winsōn to moan Date: 12th century British to complain fretfully ; whine • whinge noun, British … New Collegiate Dictionary
