whinge
pronunciation
How to pronounce whinge in British English:
UK [wɪndʒ]
How to pronounce whinge in American English:
US [hwɪndʒ, wɪndʒ]
Word Origin
- whinge (v.)
- "to complain peevishly," British, informal or dialectal, ultimately from the northern form of Old English hwinsian, from Proto-Germanic *hwinison (cognates: Old High German winison, German winseln), from root of Old English hwinan "to whine" (see whine (v.)). Related: Whinged; whinging.
Example
- 1. I know you 're dead . Don 't whinge on .
- 2. I shake my head and she begins to whinge even more .
- 3. Employers have a constitutional right to whinge about unions ( and vice versa ) .
- 4. Americans can hardly whinge that the biggest bank from the world 's second-biggest economy has a growing presence in their country .
- 5. Something always turns up at chelsea these days , whether it is an outburst from the manager , a boast from the chief executive or , most recently , a whinge from the dressing - room .