Thesaurus: whine

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1. 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.
2. v. t. To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse.
3. n. A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.
4. n. a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
5. v. move with a whining sound
6. v. talk in a tearful manner
7. v. make a high-pitched, screeching noise
8. v. complain whiningly
9. To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to mean 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. The hounds were . . . staying their coming, but with a whining accent, craving liberty. Sir P. Sidney. Dost thou come here to whine Shak. To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse. A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.
10. To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to mean with achildish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or thelike, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain or to beg in amean, unmanly way; to moan basely. "Whining plovers." Spenser.The hounds were . . . staying their coming, but with a whiningaccent, craving liberty. Sir P. Sidney.Dost thou come here to whine Shak.
11. n:28/v:72 v. move with a whining sound v. make a high-pitched, screeching noise v. complain whiningly