whingeing

UK: /ˈwɪndʒɪŋ/

From the verb whinge: (⇒ conjugate)

whingeing is: ⓘ

v pres p

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whinge  (hwinj, winj), v.i., whinged, whing•ing. [Brit. and Australian Informal.]

1. British Terms to complain;
   whine.

• bef. 1150; dialect, dialectal (Scots, north, northern England), earlier Scots quhynge, Old English hwinsian (not recorded in Middle English); cognate with Old High German winsōn (German winseln); derivative of Gmc base of whine

whing′er, n. 

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whinge / wɪndʒ/ verb (whinges, whingeing, whinged)(intransitive)

1. to cry in a fretful way
2. to complain

noun

1. a complaint

Etymology: from a Northern variant of Old English hwinsian to whine; related to Old High German winsan, winisan, whence Middle High German winsen

ˈwhingeing noun , adjective

ˈwhinger noun