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Meaning of 'whine' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Whine [ n.]
- A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.
2 . Whine [ 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.
3 . Whine [ v. t.]
- To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse.

Meaning of 'whine' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . whine [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make a high-pitched, screeching noise
Example in sentence:
  • My car engine makes a whining noise;
  • The door creaked when I opened it slowly
Meaning (2):
- move with a whining sound
Example in sentence:
  • The bullets were whining past us

Nearby Words:

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