Definition of "whine" in Englisch

noun

1. A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.

2. A complaint or criticism.

   • I need to have a quick whine about my boss before we start talking about the holiday.

verb

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.

   • 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.