Definitions for whine
ʰwaɪn, waɪnwhine

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. whimper, whineverb

   a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way

2. whineverb

   move with a whining sound

   "The bullets were whining past us"

3. snivel, whineverb

   talk in a tearful manner

4. whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak, skreakverb

   make a high-pitched, screeching noise

   "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise"

5. whine, grizzle, yammer, yawpverb

   complain whiningly

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. whinenoun

   a long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound

2. whinenoun

   a complaint or criticism

3. whineverb

   to utter a whine

   The jet engines whined at take off.

4. whineverb

   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(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Whineverb

   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.]

2. Whineverb

   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.]

3. Whinenoun

   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.]

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1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of whine in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of whine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of whine in a Sentence

1. Mwanandeke Kindembo:

   Wine will make you whine all the day long.

2. Anthony D'Angelo:

   Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.

3. Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate:

   All good things in life will come to you, as our Swedish friends say, if you: Fear less, Hope more; Whine less, Breathe more; Talk less, Say more; Hate less, Love more. And all good things are yours!

4. James McNeill Whistler:

   Two and two continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.

5. Thomas Tusser:

   For the first fourteen years for a rod they do whine, For the next as a pearl in the world they do shine, For the next trim beauty beginneth to swerve, For the next matrons or drudges they serve, For the next doth crave a staff for a stay, For the next a bier to fetch them away.

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