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Verb: whine  wIn
  1. Complain peevishly in an annoying or repetitive manner
    - grizzle [informal], yammer [informal], whinge [Brit, informal]
     
  2. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise
    "My car engine makes a whining noise";
    - squeak, screech, creak, screak [dialect], skreak [non-standard]
     
  3. Move with a whining sound
    "The bullets were whining past us"
     
  4. Talk in a tearful manner
    - snivel
Noun: whine  wIn
  1. A complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
    - whimper

Sounds like: Whigs, whin

Derived forms: whines, whined, whining

Type of: complain, complaint, go, kick [informal], kvetch [N. Amer, informal], locomote, make noise, moan, mouth, move, noise, plain [archaic], resound, sound off, speak, talk, travel, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

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