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Plural of whine

regular plural

The plural of whine is whines.

Forms of whine

Singularwhine /ˈwaɪ̯n/
Pluralwhines
Countablecountable

Whines in a sentence

  • Eighner, in particular, is infamous for his "what publishers and editors did to poor me" whines.1987 April 4, T.R. Witomski, “witomski responds to readers' response to witomski (letter)”, in Gay Community News, page 6
  • He’s so narcissistic! He whines that he’s ugly and unlikeable just to fish for compliments.From the entry fish for compliments
  • My little sister always whines until she gets her way.From the entry way
  • "Oh, Daddy," Janet whines, but then instead of complaining, she turns eagerly to me.2010, Kermit Moyer, The Chester Chronicles, page 70. From the entry c'we

Meaning of whine

  1. noun A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.
  2. noun A peevish or self-pitying complaint or criticism.
  3. verb To utter a high-pitched cry.

Full definition of whine

Questions about the plural of whine

What is the plural of whine?
The plural of whine is whines.
Is whine countable?
Whine is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whine (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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