whine
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English whynen, hwinen, whinen, from Old English hwīnan (“to rush, to whizz, to squeal, to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *hwīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with Old Norse hvína, whence Icelandic hvína, Norwegian Nynorsk kvina, Swedish vina, and Danish hvine. Despite the strong similarity in sound and meaning, not related with German weinen, Dutch wenen, from Proto-Germanic *wainōną (for which see dialectal English ween (“to weep, lament”)).
Inflected forms:
form: whines
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: whines
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: whining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: whined
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: whined
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: whine
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: whine
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: whined
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: whine
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: whinest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: whined
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: whinedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: whines
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: whineth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: whined
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: whine
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: whined
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: whine
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: whined
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: whine
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: whining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: whined
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.
pos: noun
examples: The 18-year-old [Justin] Bieber can’t quite pull off the “adult” thing just yet: His voice may have dropped a bit since the days of “Baby,” but it still mostly registers as “angelic,” and veers toward a pubescent whine at times.
gloss: A peevish or self-pitying complaint or criticism.
pos: noun
examples: I need to have a quick whine about my boss before we start talking about the holiday.
Eighner, in particular, is infamous for his "what publishers and editors did to poor me" whines.
gloss: To utter a high-pitched cry.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To make a sound resembling such a cry.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The jet engines whined at take off.
gloss: To complain or protest with a whine (compare whinge) or as if with a whine, i.e. in a peevish or self-pitying way.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: [S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […]
Feel awfully about Scott... I always knew he couldn't think—he never could—but he had a marvelous talent and the thing is to use it—not whine in public.
gloss: To move with a whining sound.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The jet whined into the air.
The wind whined and moaned through the trees.
gloss: To utter with the sound of a whine.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The child whined all his complaints.
Kelly Queen was whining that the boss made him put on his tie.
Derived words: cheese with that whine
coil whine
niggerwhine
wine-whine merger
whining Willy
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: вия
roman: vija
lang: Czech
word: kňourat
lang: Czech
word: kňučet
lang: Czech
word: skučet
lang: Danish
word: hvine
lang: Finnish
word: vikistä
lang: Finnish
word: vinkua
lang: Finnish
word: uikuttaa
lang: French
word: couiner
lang: Galician
word: ganir
lang: German
word: jaulen
lang: German
word: heulen
lang: German
word: jammern
lang: German
word: winseln
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μινυρίζω
roman: minurízō
lang: Hungarian
word: siránkozik
lang: Indonesian
word: merengek
lang: Ingrian
word: kitissä
lang: Ingrian
word: pikissä
lang: Ingrian
word: irissä
lang: Italian
word: piagnucolare
lang: Lithuanian
word: verkšlenti
lang: Māori
word: uene
lang: Māori
word: ngengere
lang: Norman
word: braithe
lang: Norman
word: houinner
lang: Norwegian
word: hvine
lang: Norwegian
word: hyle
lang: Persian
word: نالیدن
roman: nâlidan
lang: Polish
word: marudzić
lang: Portuguese
word: ganir
lang: Romanian
word: văita
lang: Romanian
word: văieta
lang: Romanian
word: tângui
lang: Russian
word: выть
roman: vytʹ
lang: Russian
word: завывать
roman: zavyvatʹ
lang: Russian
word: взвывать
roman: vzvyvatʹ
lang: Slovak
word: kvíliť
lang: Spanish
word: gimotear
lang: Spanish
word: lloriquear
lang: Spanish
word: llorisquear
lang: Spanish
word: mañosear
lang: Tamil
word: சிணுங்கு
roman: ciṇuṅku
lang: Tamil
word: மூக்காலழு
roman: mūkkālaḻu
lang: Turkish
word: inlemek
lang: Vietnamese
word: rên rỉ