whinge
A peevish complaintA peevish complaint.
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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 FRTranslations
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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
Meaning
2 senses(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
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK)A cry.
Her whinges grew even shriller and more annoying the longer we had to listen to them.
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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