LekhoriLekhoriTo whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.
Argh! He has been whinging about it all night, even though he knows there's nothing we can do.
A cry.
Her whinges grew even shriller and more annoying the longer we had to listen to them.
A peevish complaint.
I know you don't like it, but your whinges won't solve the problem!
From a northern variant of Old English hwinsian (“to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwinisōn (“to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwīnan (“to whine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (“to hiss,...
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