MOAN, MOANING
NOUNS
1747 ► MEAN a moan, a lamentation; a complaint → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1898 ► OOB a low moaning sound; a plaintive sound, a howl, a wail → Sc.
20C ► ONE ALONE a moan → Aust. rhyming sl.
VERBS
1691 ► REAM to shout, to cry aloud, to bawl; to weep, to bewail, to moan; to talk wildly, to vociferate → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1790 ► MEAN to utter a moaning sound, to wail; to complain, to bemoan to indicate pain → Sc. & Eng. dial.
M19 ► PUT ON THE AGONY to complain, to moan; the implication is that the problems are not wholly genuine; hence, to exaggerate → sl.
1866 ► OOB to make a low, moaning sound; to howl, to wail → Sc.
1992 ► DARBY AND JOAN to moan → UK rhyming sl.
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