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whim⋅per

[hwim-per, wim-]

–verb (used without object)

1.	to cry with low, plaintive, broken sounds.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to utter in a whimper.

–noun

3.	a whimpering cry or sound.

Origin:
1505–15; obs. whimp to whine + -er ⁶

Related forms:

whim⋅per⋅er, noun

whim⋅per⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. whine, weep, sob. 3. whine, sob.

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whim·per (hwĭm'pər, wĭm'-)

v. whim·pered, whim·per·ing, whim·pers

v. intr.

To cry or sob with soft intermittent sounds; whine. See Synonyms at cry.
To complain.

v. tr.
To utter in a whimper.
n. A low, broken, sobbing sound; a whine.

[Probably imitative.]
whim'per·er n., whim'per·ing·ly adv.

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Whimper

Whim"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whimpered; p. pr. & vb. n. Whimpering.] [Cf. Scot. whimmer, G. wimmern.] To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain; as, a child whimpers.

Was there ever yet preacher but there were gainsayers that spurned, that winced, that whimpered against him? --Latimer.

Whimper

Whim"per\, v. t. To utter in alow, whining tone.

Whimper

Whim"per\, n. A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief.

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Language Translation for : whimper

Spanish: gemir; lloriquear,

German: winseln,

Japanese: しくしく泣く

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whimper (v.)

1513, probably of imitative origin, or from Ger. wimmern "to whimper, moan." The noun is first recorded c.1700.

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