whine

whine about (someone or something)

To complain about someone or something in an irritating, childish, or peevish way. Stop whining about being bored, or I swear I will turn this car around and drive straight home! Timmy whined about his coworkers for the entire evening.
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whine out

1. To utter some complaint in an irritating, peevish voice. A noun or pronoun can be used between "whine" and "out." The students all started whining out protests when I assigned them the essay. Maybe if you didn't whine your complaints out so churlishly, I'd actually take the time to consider them.
2. To emit some noise in a long, high-pitched manner. Can be used with or without a direct object. I could hear the dentist's drill whining out from the other side of the door, and it filled me with such fear and anxiety that I nearly ran out of the office. The old car whined out a feeble honk when I pressed on the horn.
See also: out, whine
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

whine about someone or something

to whimper or complain about someone or something. Please don't whine about Sally. She is sorry she couldn't come to your party, but it's not the end of the world. The dog is whining about its hurt paw.
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whine something out

to say something in a whine; to say something, using a whine for a voice. She whined her complaint out so everyone could hear it. Jake whined out his usual complaints.
See also: out, whine
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • whine about
  • whine about (someone or something)
  • whine out
  • poophead
  • yammer away about (someone or something)
  • yammer on (and on) about (someone or something)
  • yammer
  • yammer about
  • yammer about (someone or something)
  • (someone) started it
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Get them covered
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The first step would be to use a frequency analyzer to pinpoint the frequency of the whine. However, we did not have a frequency analyzer, or the budget or time to get one.
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A A whine is a high-pitched vocalization that a dog usually makes with his mouth closed.
What causes a lab to whine nearly nonstop on car rides?
Many dogs whine and wait eagerly at the front door but eventually adjust to the absence of their young owners when they are in class.
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After two incidents and responses by me at the moment of the whine, relief.
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