1. (v. i.) To utter a plaintive cry; 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.

2. (v. t.) To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse.

3. (n.) A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.

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