Whine
Whine , intransitive verb
[Old English whinen, Anglo-Saxon hwīnan to make a whistling, whizzing sound; akin to Icelandic hvīna, Swedish hvina, Danish hvine, and probably to German wiehern to neigh, Old High German wihōn, hweijōn; perhaps of imitative origin. Compare Whinny, v. i.]
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.
Whining plovers.
The hounds were... staying their coming, but with a whining accent, craving liberty.
Dost thou come here to whine?
Whine , transitive verb
To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse.
Whine , noun
A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.