Dictionary Entry
whine
whine is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse.
- 3noun
A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.
- 4noun
a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
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- 5verb
complain whiningly
- 6verb
talk in a tearful manner
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- 7verb
move with a whining sound
"The bullets were whining past us"
- 8verb
make a high-pitched, screeching noise
"The door creaked when I opened it slowly"
"My car engine makes a whining noise"
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