whine

Substantiv

1. 1

   A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.

   The 18-year-old [Justin] Bieber can’t quite pull off the “adult” thing just yet: His voice may have dropped a bit since the days of “Baby,” but it still mostly registers as “angelic,” and veers toward a pubescent whine at times.

2. 2

   A peevish or self-pitying complaint or criticism.

   I need to have a quick whine about my boss before we start talking about the holiday.

   Eighner, in particular, is infamous for his "what publishers and editors did to poor me" whines.

Verb

1. 1

   To utter a high-pitched cry.

2. 2

   To make a sound resembling such a cry.

   The jet engines whined at take off.

3. 3

   To complain or protest with a whine (compare whinge) or as if with a whine, i.e. in a peevish or self-pitying way.

   [S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […]

   Feel awfully about Scott... I always knew he couldn't think—he never could—but he had a marvelous talent and the thing is to use it—not whine in public.

4. 4

   To move with a whining sound.

   The jet whined into the air.

   The wind whined and moaned through the trees.

5. 5

   To utter with the sound of a whine.

   The child whined all his complaints.

   Kelly Queen was whining that the boss made him put on his tie.

Formen

Plural

whines

Präteritum

whined

Partizip II

whined

Partizip I

whining

3. Person Singular

whines