Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or an animal that whines.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, whines.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
whines about perceived problems; acomplainer
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
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Examples
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One definition of a whiner is a person who calls a conservative when the conservative lies.
Conservative Group to Air Anti-Obama Ads - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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On the other hand, any right-whiner is ALWAYS innocent of whatever crime they commit.
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Poor widdle ultimate whiner is now asking questions just like aaronk/dr. runt/sons of liberty, spirit of 76 ….
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I am content to wait and let your future postings here on Althouse - where I have posted for 7 years, and have met Ann in the flesh by the way, prove whether or not you are an intelligent commenter - not promising so far, I must say, or just a long term whiner and troll who really adds nothing substantive to the discussion.
What I said about Sarah Palin on June 12th. Ann Althouse 2008
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Gnomedex Podcast Links - Curry, Winer, Microsoft the whiner is barely audible
Archive 2005-06-01 Ben Barren 2005
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Gnomedex Podcast Links - Curry, Winer, Microsoft the whiner is barely audible
Gnomedex Podcast Links - Curry, Winer, Microsoft Ben Barren 2005
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Of course, his letter has not gone over well with some audiences - he has been called a "whiner" and worse.
NYT > Home Page By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN 2011
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In what some are calling "the whine heard 'round the world," George W-is-not-for - "whiner" - so-stop-saying-that Bush stamped his little feet this weekend and lectured the Iraqi people about the badness of their violence.
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To steal a quote from advisor and lobbyist -- and "whiner" -- Phil Gramm, McCain's campaign apparently believes it has "the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that's ready money."
David Donnelly: $400 million for McCain: Who Broke Public Financing? 2008
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To mindless lemmings like Dr. Hunt, anyone who isn’t a right-whiner is guilty before proven innocent.
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