[
UK
/wˈɪn/
]
NOUN
- very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
- small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental
- any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)
How To Use whin In A Sentence
- Chook! she was crying, and the dogs whined and yelped in eagerness of desire and effort to overtake Big THE RACE FOR NUMBER ONE
- By her own instruction she moaned and whined a lot.
- Listen to them now, whining about unfairness as the problem is put right. The Sun
- This patronising voice with a whine and an awful regional accent was talking. Times, Sunday Times
- Ironically this was in a whinge about grammar schools. Times, Sunday Times
- The girl began to whine and her mother was losing her patience.
- HOW dare councils whine about being starved of funds while blowing millions on undies using taxpayer-funded credit cards? The Sun
- Trey listened with a patient ear, only making distance with the receiver when she whined or couldn't make out her blubbering.
- The sun set about ten o'clock, and Lady Clare and Shag greeted its last departing rays with a whinny, accompanied by a wanton kickup from the rear -- for whatever Boyhood in Norway
- Their wings make a whine much like the sound of a cicada.
