whine

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

whines

1.
A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.
2.
A peevish or self-pitying complaint or criticism.
I need to have a quick whine about my boss before we start talking about the holiday.

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verb

V_es/s

whines

V_ing/Gerund

whining

V_ed/pp

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1.
(intransitive)To utter a high-pitched cry.
2.
(intransitive)To make a sound resembling such a cry.
The jet engines whined at take off.
3.
(intransitive)To complain or protest with a whine (compare whinge) or as if with a whine, i.e. in a peevish or self-pitying way.
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.
4.
(intransitive)To move with a whining sound.
The jet whined into the air.
The wind whined and moaned through the trees.
5.
(transitive)To utter with the sound of a whine.
The child whined all his complaints.
Kelly Queen was whining that the boss made him put on his tie.

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English whynen, hwinen, whinen, from Old English hwīnan (to rush, to whizz, to squeal, to whine), from *hwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *hwīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (to hiss, whistle, whisper). Cognate with hvína, whence hvína, kvina, vina, and hvine.