What does whine mean?
Definitions for whine
ʰwaɪn, waɪnwhine
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word whine.
Princeton's WordNet
whimper, whine(verb)
a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
whine(verb)
move with a whining sound
"The bullets were whining past us"
snivel, whine(verb)
talk in a tearful manner
whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak, skreak(verb)
make a high-pitched, screeching noise
"The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise"
whine, grizzle, yammer, yawp(verb)
complain whiningly
Wiktionary
whine(Noun)
a long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
whine(Noun)
a complaint or criticism
whine(Verb)
to utter a whine
The jet engines whined at take off.
whine(Verb)
to complain or protest in a childish manner or about trivial things
Kelly Queen was whining that the boss made him put on his tie.
Webster Dictionary
Whine(verb)
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
Etymology: [OE. whinen, AS. hwnan to make a whistling, whizzing sound; akin to Icel. hvna, Sw. hvina, Dan. hvine, and probably to G. wiehern to neigh, OHG. wihn, hweijn; perhaps of imitative origin. Cf. Whinny, v. i.]
Whine(verb)
to utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse
Etymology: [OE. whinen, AS. hwnan to make a whistling, whizzing sound; akin to Icel. hvna, Sw. hvina, Dan. hvine, and probably to G. wiehern to neigh, OHG. wihn, hweijn; perhaps of imitative origin. Cf. Whinny, v. i.]
Whine(noun)
a plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint
Etymology: [OE. whinen, AS. hwnan to make a whistling, whizzing sound; akin to Icel. hvna, Sw. hvina, Dan. hvine, and probably to G. wiehern to neigh, OHG. wihn, hweijn; perhaps of imitative origin. Cf. Whinny, v. i.]
Freebase
Whine
Whine is an album by Scorn, originally released in 1997 on Invisible Records in the United States, and KK Records in Europe.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Whine
hwīn, v.i. to utter a plaintive, shrill cry: to complain in an unmanly way.—n. a plaintive cry: an affected nasal tone of complaint.—ns. Whī′ner; Whī′ning.—adv. Whī′ningly. [A.S. hwínan, to whine; Ice. hvína.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of whine in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of whine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of whine in a Sentence
We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Arabia. Certainly those unborn ghosts include greater poets than Keats, scientists greater than Newton. We know this because the set of possible people allowed by our DNA so massively exceeds the set of actual people. In the teeth of these stupefying odds it is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here. We privileged few, who won the lottery of birth against all odds, how dare we whine at our inevitable return to that prior state from which the vast majority have never stirred?
Fear less, hope more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Hate less, love more; And all good things are yours.
When we start deceiving ourselves into thinking not that we want something or need something, not that it is a pragmatic necessity for us to have it, but that it is a moral imperative that we have it, then is when we join the fashionable madmen, and then is when the thin whine of hysteria is heard in the land, and then is when we are in bad trouble.
Fear less, hope more Whine less, breathe more
Some prayers have contributed so much in teaching men how to complain and whine to God instead of doing things themselves. Thus, they have become idle and expecting more than their abilities can ever achieve.
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- kňouratCzech
- hvine, hvinDanish
- jaulen, jammern, quengeln, Gejammer, heulenGerman
- gimoteo, gimotear, lloriquear, zumbar, lloriqueoSpanish
- فغان, نالیدن, نق زدن, نالهPersian
- vikistä, vinkua, kitistä, ujeltaa, ulvonta, uikuttaaFinnish
- pleurnicherie, couiner, pleurnicher, geindreFrench
- cuachIrish
- vinnyog, siránkozikHungarian
- lagna, frigno, uggiolio, sibilare, piagnucolare, piagnisteo, sibilo, piagnucolioItalian
- ueneMāori
- zeuren, huilen, jammerenDutch
- hvin, hvine, hyle, jamre, hyl, sutre, syteNorwegian
- reclamar, birraPortuguese
- вой, выть, скулить, завывать, плакатьсяRussian
- สะอื้นThai
- inilti, inleyiş, inleme, sızlanma, inlemekTurkish
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