1. Complain peevishly in an annoying or repetitive manner
   "You have nothing to whine about";
   - 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. Talk in a tearful manner
   "He whined about how unfair life was";
   - snivel
    
4. Move with a whining sound
   "The bullets were whining past us"

1. A complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
   "The child's whine grew louder as bedtime approached";
   - whimper

Sounds like: Whigs, whin

Derived forms: whined, whines, 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

Encyclopedia: Whine