whinge
A cryA cry.
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» Don't whinge; here's your candy.
Не ний, ось твої цукерки. — deniko
Годі скиглити, ось твої цукерки. — deniko
mccarras · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK)A cry.
Her whinges grew even shriller and more annoying the longer we had to listen to them.
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK)A peevish complaint.
I know you don't like it, but your whinges won't solve the problem!
jammern, meckern, plärren
пла́катьсяplákatʹsja, скули́тьskulítʹ, хны́катьxnýkatʹ
Examples
4 sentencesDon't whinge; here's your candy.
Не ний, ось твої цукерки. — deniko
Stop whingeing, Tom.
Припини нити, Томе. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Enough of this whingeing!
Досить уже цього ниття! — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
I won't whinge anymore, I promise.
Translations
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Origin
From a northern variant of Old English hwinsian (“to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwFrom 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”).
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