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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whine \Whine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whined}; p. pr & vb n.
{Whining}.] [OE. whinen, AS hw[=i]nan to make a whistling,
whizzing sound; akin to Icel. hv[=i]na, Sw hvina, Dan.
hvine, and probably to G. wiehern to neigh, OHG. wih[=o]n,
hweij[=o]n; perhaps of imitative origin. Cf {Whinny}, 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. ``Whining
plovers.'' --Spenser.
The hounds were . . . staying their coming, but with a
whining accent, craving liberty. --Sir P.
Sidney.
Dost thou come here to whine? --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
whining
adj 1: long and high-pitched like a whine or plaintive crying
2: habitually complaining; "a whining child" [syn: {fretful}, {querulous},
{whiney}, {whining(a)}, {whiny}]
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