n.
- a long, high-pitched complaining cry.
▸a long, high-pitched unpleasant sound.
- a feeble or petulant complaint.
v.
- give or make a whine.
- complain in a feeble or petulant way.
Derivative
- whiner n.
- whining n.
- whiningly adv.
- whiny
(also whiney)
adj.
Etymology
OE hwīnan ‘whistle through the air’, rel. to whinge.