n. & v.
--n.
1. a complaining long-drawn wail as of a dog.
2 a similar shrill prolonged sound.
3 a a querulous tone. b an instance of feeble or undignified complaining.
--v.
1. intr. emit or utter a whine.
2 intr. complain in a querulous tone or in a feeble or undignified way.
3 tr. utter in a whining tone.
Derivatives:
whiner n. whiningly adv. whiny adj. (whinier, whiniest).
Etymology: OE hwinan