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English
Etymology 1
whinge + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
whinger (plural whingers)
- One who whinges.
2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, The Guardian:The idea of a British warship supposedly menacing Spain is ludicrous. Is it meant to bomb Cadiz? Will its guns lift a rush-hour tailback in a colony that most Britons regard as awash with tax dodgers, drug dealers and right-wing whingers? The Gibraltarians have rights, but why British taxpayers should send warships to enforce them, even if just "on exercise", is a mystery.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Perhaps from Old English winn (“contention, war”) + geard, gyrd (“a staff, rod, yard”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʍɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/, /ˈʍɪŋɡə(ɹ)/
Noun
whinger (plural whingers)
- (obsolete, Scotland) A whinyard.
1820, Ivanhoe, Walter Scott, Note to Chapter 22:“Fye on you, why do you not strike your whingers into me, or blow me up with a barrel of powder, rather than torture me thus unmercifully?”