From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Whine \Whine\, n.
A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint;
mean or affected complaint.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Whine \Whine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whined}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Whining}.] [OE. whinen, AS. hw[imac]nan to make a whistling,
whizzing sound; akin to Icel. hv[imac]na, Sw. hvina, Dan.
hvine, and probably to G. wiehern to neigh, OHG. wih[=o]n,
hweij[=o]n; perhaps of imitative origin. Cf. {Whinny}, v. i.]
To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a
childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress,
or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain
or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely. "Whining
plovers." --Spenser.
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The hounds were . . . staying their coming, but with a
whining accent, craving liberty. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Dost thou come here to whine? --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Whine \Whine\, v. t.
To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way;
as, to whine out an excuse.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whine
n 1: a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way [syn:
{whimper}, {whine}]
v 1: move with a whining sound; "The bullets were whining past
us"
2: talk in a tearful manner [syn: {snivel}, {whine}]
3: make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when
I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise"
[syn: {whine}, {squeak}, {screech}, {creak}, {screak},
{skreak}]
4: complain whiningly [syn: {whine}, {grizzle}, {yammer},
{yawp}]
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