whingle

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verb

to complain; whinge.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person whingles · participle present whingling · participle past whingled · past whingled

  1. rareto complain; whinge.

    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)
    2 more examples

    […], 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)

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

    2006, Eliza Blair, Friends in Need

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Wehling
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APA

whingle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whingle

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“whingle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whingle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whingle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whingle.

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