whimper, whine
(noun) a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
whine, grizzle, yammer, yawp
(verb) complain whiningly
snivel, whine
(verb) talk in a tearful manner
whine
(verb) move with a whining sound; “The bullets were whining past us”
whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak, skreak
(verb) make a high-pitched, screeching noise; “The door creaked when I opened it slowly”; “My car engine makes a whining noise”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
whine (plural whines)
a long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
(derogatory) a complaint or criticism
whine (third-person singular simple present whines, present participle whining, simple past and past participle whined)
(intransitive) To utter a high-pitched cry.
(intransitive) To make a sound resembling such a cry.
(intransitive) To complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine.
(intransitive) To move with a whining sound.
(transitive) To utter with the sound of a whine.
• See also complain
Source: Wiktionary
Whine, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whined; p. pr. & vb. n. Whining.] Etym: [OE. whinen, AS. hwinan to make a whistling, whizzing sound; akin to Icel. hvina, Sw. hvina, Dan. hvine, and probably to G. wiehern to neigh, OHG. wihn, hweijn; perhaps of imitative origin. Cf. Whinny, v. i.]
Definition: To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to mean 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. The hounds were . . . staying their coming, but with a whining accent, craving liberty. Sir P. Sidney. Dost thou come here to whine Shak.
Whine, v. t.
Definition: To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse.
Whine, n.
Definition: A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
