Whingeing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A peevish complaint.

    "We must take Wakley's whingeings with a pinch of salt. A man of passion and prejudice, he habitually dipped his pen in bile."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of whinge form-of, gerund, participle, present

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bemoanbitchbleatcomplaincomplaingripe

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"We must take Wakley's whingeings with a pinch of salt. A man of passion and prejudice, he habitually dipped his pen in bile."

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