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English Dictionary: whine	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for whine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whine n a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way [syn: whimper, whine] v move with a whining sound; "The bullets were whining past us" talk in a tearful manner Synonym(s): snivel, whine make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise" Synonym(s): whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak, skreak complain whiningly Synonym(s): whine, grizzle, yammer, yawp
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whine \Whine\, v. t. To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whine \Whine\, n. A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whine \Whine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whining}.] [OE. whinen, AS. hw[c6]nan to make a whistling, whizzing sound; akin to Icel. hv[c6]na, Sw. hvina, Dan. hvine, and probably to G. wiehern to neigh, OHG. wih[omac]n, hweij[omac]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. [bd]Whining plovers.[b8] --Spenser. The hounds were . . . staying their coming, but with a whining accent, craving liberty. --Sir P. Sidney. Dost thou come here to whine? --Shak.