Definitions
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- noun A high-pitched
ringing sound - verb To
move with greatforce orspeed - noun Obsolete spelling of
wing .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The "whing" of the domestic turkey is used by the mountain women as a fan, and is considered an elegance as well as a comfort.
The Literary World Seventh Reader Hetty Sibyl Browne 1907
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The "whing" of the domestic turkey is used by the mountain women as a fan, and is considered an elegance as well as a comfort.
The Young Mountaineers Short Stories Mary Noailles Murfree 1886
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It seems to come from the verb "whing", which seems to me to have the same definition as
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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I'm with the second option, and whoever leads NASA next can not only survive but also flourish whing these budgetary constraints would outclass even Mr. Webb as the best admin ever.
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Pat Puchanan was whing how HIS doctors and staff were worried about this Bill.
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The big earners can sacrifice by stopping the whing and keeping up or increading their charitable donations.
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And then we walk, she and I, hand-in-hand to the park, where she breaks away and runs – speeds – to the slide, to the sawhorse, to her beloved swing (whing! whing! up mommy up! whing!), to the other children, running playing shrieking laughing breaking away.
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If lukin fir rite-whing trols, figur out how original pix rated less than 4 burgers at 248 votes.
A Dreem - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I believe the mother, here in Michigan, around America, who's trying to get enough money to educate their children isn't whing.
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You don't have to have the perfect job and instead of whing that you can't sell your house, just stop trying.
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