The Collaborative Dictionary

Whine \Whine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whined; p. pr. & vb. n. Whining.] [OE. whinen, AS. hw[imac]nan to make a whistling, whizzing sound; akin to Icel. hv[imac]na, Sw. hvina, Dan. hvine, and probably to G. wiehern to neigh, OHG. wih[=o]n, hweij[=o]n; perhaps of imitative origin. Cf. Whinny, v. i.] To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely. "Whining plovers." --Spenser. [1913 Webster] The hounds were . . . staying their coming, but with a whining accent, craving liberty. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] Dost thou come here to whine? --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Word Net

whining adj

1 long and high-pitched like a whine or plaintive crying

2 habitually complaining; "a whining child" [syn: fretful, querulous, whiney, whining(a), whiny]

Moby Thesaurus

Jeremianic, acute, argute, bawling, beef, beefing, bellyache, bellyaching, bitch, bitching, blatant, complaining, complaint, creaky, crying, destructive criticism, dissent, ear-piercing, faultfinding, fretful, grievance, gripe, griping, groan, groaning, grouse, grousing, grumbling, holler, howl, howling, keen, keening, kick, kicking, lamentive, lowing, moanful, moaning, mournful, mugient, murmuring, peeve, peevish, peevishness, penetrating, pet peeve, petulance, petulant, piercing, piping, plaintive, plangent, protest, puling, querulous, querulousness, reedy, scolding, screaky, screeching, screechy, sharp, shrieking, shrieky, shrill, sigh, sighing, sniping, sobbing, sorrowful, soughing, squawk, squawking, squeaking, squeaky, thin, ululant, wailful, wailing, whimpering, whiny, whistling, yapping

English

Verb

whining

1. present participle of whine
2. gerund of whine

   Stop your whining!