whingle

whingle

English

Etymology

Uncertain, but probably from whinge +‎ -le (frequentative suffix).

Verb

whingle (third-person singular simple present whingles, present participle whingling, simple past and past participle whingled)

1. (rare) to complain; whinge.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Friends in Need:

     "They don't give us comps here," he whingles, "What was I supposed to do?"

   • 13 October 1996, Steve Kellett, “Re: Drunk Kids in an ALL AGES VENUE”, in alt.drunken.bastards, Usenet:

     […] , this is the last place to post this sort of whingling rubbish.

   • 13 October 2002, Heckler ²ºº², “Re: We need team-players FAST”, in alt.games.wolfenstein, Usenet:

     So don't whingle like an idiot and play the fecking game for fun.

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• Wehling