whinger

English

Etymology 1

whinge +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʍɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʒə(ɹ)

Noun

whinger (plural whingers)

1. One who whinges.
   • 2013, Simon Jenkins, Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[1]

     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

• See also Thesaurus:complainer

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)

1. (obsolete, Scotland) A whinyard.
   • 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Note to Chapter 22,^[2]

     “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?”