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whingle

whingle verb: to complain; whinge.

Verb

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

  1. (rare) to complain; whinge.
    • […], this is the last place to post this sort of whingling rubbish.13 October 1996, Steve Kellett, “Re: Drunk Kids in an ALL AGES VENUE”, in alt.drunken.bastards (Usenet)
    • So don't whingle like an idiot and play the fecking game for fun.13 October 2002, Heckler ²ºº², “Re: We need team-players FAST”, in alt.games.wolfenstein (Usenet)

Forms of whingle

third-person singular presentwhingles
present participlewhingling
past participlewhingled
pastwhingled

Origin of whingle

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

Questions about whingle

What does whingle mean?
Whingle means to complain; whinge.
What part of speech is whingle?
Whingle is a verb.
What is the past tense of whingle?
The past tense of whingle is whingled.

Words near whingle in the dictionary

  1. whingers
  2. whingery
  3. whinges
  4. whingey
  5. whinging
  6. whingle
  7. whingled
  8. whingles
  9. whingling
  10. whings
  11. whingy

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