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verb (used without object)
1.
to utter a low, usually nasal, complaining cry or sound, as from uneasiness, discontent, peevishness, etc.: The puppies were whining from hunger.
2.
to snivel or complain in a peevish, self-pitying way: He is always whining about his problems.
verb (used with object)
3.
to utter with or as if with a whine: I whined my litany of complaints.
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Whiner
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noun
4.
a whining utterance, sound, or tone.
5.
a feeble, peevish complaint.
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whine
O.E. hwinan "to whiz or whistle through the air" (only of arrows), also hwinsian "to whine" (of dogs), ultimately of imitative origin (cf. O.N. hvina "to whiz," Ger. wiehern "to neigh"). Meaning "to complain in a feeble way" is first recorded 1530. The noun is from 1633. The northern form of O.E. hwinsian
EXPANDsurvives in dial. whinge "to complain peevishly."
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