English English Dictionary
Result for Whine
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.
Whine
(v. t.)
To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse.
Whine
(n.)
A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.