Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK)A cry.

    Her whinges grew even shriller and more annoying the longer we had to listen to them.

  2. (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 sentences

  1. Don't whinge; here's your candy.

    Не ний, ось твої цукерки. — deniko

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  2. Stop whingeing, Tom.

    Припини нити, Томе. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

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  3. Enough of this whingeing!

    Досить уже цього ниття! — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

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  4. I won't whinge anymore, I promise.

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to complain or protest:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to complain or protest:

Origin

From a northern variant of Old English hwinsian (“to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hw

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”).

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Forms

plural: whinges

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
whimsicalwhinewhingerwhinnywhiny
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