"whinge" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /(h)wɪnd͡ʒ/ Audio: en-au-whinge.ogg [Australia], LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-whinge.wav [UK] Forms: whinges [plural]
enPR: (h)wĭnj Rhymes: -ɪndʒ Etymology: 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”). Cognate with German winseln (“to whine, whimper”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱwey-}} [Template:root], {{inh|en|ang|hwinsian||to whine}} Old English hwinsian (“to whine”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hwinisōn|t=to whine}} Proto-West Germanic *hwinisōn (“to whine”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*hwīnan|t=to whine}} Proto-West Germanic *hwīnan (“to whine”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ḱwey-||to hiss, whistle, whisper}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”), {{cog|de|winseln||to whine, whimper}} German winseln (“to whine, whimper”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} whinge (plural whinges)
  1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) A cry. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK Translations (to complain or protest): mopperen (Dutch), zeuren (Dutch), zagen (Dutch), kitistä (Finnish), narista (Finnish), inistä (Finnish), jammern (German), meckern (German), plärren (German), παραπονιέμαι (paraponiémai) (Greek), παραπονούμαι (paraponoúmai) (Greek), कराहना (karāhnā) (Hindi), nyavalyog (Hungarian), 泣き事 (nakigoto) [noun] (Japanese), 泣き事を言う (nakigoto o iu) [verb] (Japanese), пла́каться (plákatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), скули́ть (skulítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), хны́кать (xnýkatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), klaga (Swedish), gnälla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-whinge-en-noun-K0n1hdrz Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English Disambiguation of 'to complain or protest': 58 42
  2. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) A peevish complaint. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK
    Sense id: en-whinge-en-noun-89SDFRE5 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: winge [archaic], quhynge [Scotland, obsolete]

Verb

IPA: /(h)wɪnd͡ʒ/ Audio: en-au-whinge.ogg [Australia], LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-whinge.wav [UK] Forms: whinges [present, singular, third-person], whingeing [participle, present], whinging [participle, present], whinged [participle, past], whinged [past]
enPR: (h)wĭnj Rhymes: -ɪndʒ Etymology: 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”). Cognate with German winseln (“to whine, whimper”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱwey-}} [Template:root], {{inh|en|ang|hwinsian||to whine}} Old English hwinsian (“to whine”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hwinisōn|t=to whine}} Proto-West Germanic *hwinisōn (“to whine”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*hwīnan|t=to whine}} Proto-West Germanic *hwīnan (“to whine”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ḱwey-||to hiss, whistle, whisper}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”), {{cog|de|winseln||to whine, whimper}} German winseln (“to whine, whimper”) Head templates: {{en-verb|whinges|whingeing|whinged|pres_ptc2=whinging}} whinge (third-person singular simple present whinges, present participle whingeing or whinging, simple past and past participle whinged)
  1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: winge [archaic], quhynge [Scotland, obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1992, Sky Phillips, Secret mission to Melbourne, November, 1941, page 45",
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        {
          "text": "I know it won't help but sometimes it feels better to whinge about the things that annoy me.",
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          "ref": "1992, Sky Phillips, Secret mission to Melbourne, November, 1941, page 45",
          "text": "Mostly, they were wingeing about the lousy cook and the same thing served too often",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "ref": "1993, Michael Fisher, The Nightmare Man, page 169",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Diana Wynne Jones, A Tale of Time City, page 41",
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}

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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to complain or protest",
      "word": "mopperen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to complain or protest",
      "word": "zeuren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to complain or protest",
      "word": "zagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to complain or protest",
      "word": "kitistä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to complain or protest",
      "word": "narista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to complain or protest",
      "word": "inistä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to complain or protest",
      "word": "jammern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to complain or protest",
      "word": "meckern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to complain or protest",
      "word": "plärren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paraponiémai",
      "sense": "to complain or protest",
      "word": "παραπονιέμαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paraponoúmai",
      "sense": "to complain or protest",
      "word": "παραπονούμαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "karāhnā",
      "sense": "to complain or protest",
      "word": "कराहना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to complain or protest",
      "word": "nyavalyog"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nakigoto",
      "sense": "to complain or protest",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "泣き事"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nakigoto o iu",
      "sense": "to complain or protest",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "泣き事を言う"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plákatʹsja",
      "sense": "to complain or protest",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пла́каться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skulítʹ",
      "sense": "to complain or protest",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "скули́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xnýkatʹ",
      "sense": "to complain or protest",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "хны́кать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to complain or protest",
      "word": "klaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to complain or protest",
      "word": "gnälla"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whinge"
}

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