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English to English noun
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a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way |  | source: wordnet30
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A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint. | | source: webster1913 verb
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move with a whining sound | | Example: The bullets were whining past us
source: wordnet30
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talk in a tearful manner | | source: wordnet30
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make a high-pitched, screeching noise | | Example: The door creaked when I opened it slowly
My car engine makes a whining noise
source: wordnet30
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complain whiningly | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse. | | source: webster1913
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