whine
/ˈwaɪ̯n/ sustantivo C1En español: gimoteo, lloriqueo
- A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.
- A peevish or self-pitying complaint or criticism. · I need to have a quick whine about my boss before we start talking about the holiday.
Plural whines
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Father Wolf listened, and below in the valley that ran down to a little river he heard the dry, angry, snarly, singsong whine of a tiger who has caught nothing and does not care if all the jungle knows it.
The whine had changed to a sort of humming purr that seemed to come from every quarter of the compass.
The dog sniffed round for an instant, and then with a shrill whine of excitement started off down the street, tugging at his leash in his efforts to go faster.
From outside came the occasional cry of a night-bird, and once at our very window a long drawn catlike whine, which told us that the cheetah was indeed at liberty.
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