whine v.t. whing

As the arguments unfurled in Tuesday’s case on same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court justices sounded more and more cranky. …  “Same-sex marriage is very new,” Justice Samuel Alito whinged, noting that “it may turn out to be a good thing; it may turn out not to be a good thing.” If the standard is that marriage always has to be “a good thing,” would heterosexuals pass? (Maureen Dowd, “Courting Cowardice,” The New York Times, 03/26/2013.)

This word can also be synonymous with moan, complain, gripe, protest, and object, when used in the sense of “whine.”