whine

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
whine/wʌɪn/

▶noun

• 1 a long, high-pitched complaining cry.

  ■ a long, high-pitched unpleasant sound.

• 2 a feeble or petulant complaint.

▶verb

• 1 give or make a whine.

• 2 complain in a feeble or petulant way.

– derivatives
whiner noun,
whining noun,
whiningly adverb,
whiny (also whiney) adjective.

– origin OE hwīnan ‘whistle through the air’, rel. to whinge.