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verb (used without object)
1.
to cry with low, plaintive, broken sounds.
verb (used with object)
2.
to utter in a whimper.
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noun
3.
a whimpering cry or sound.
Related forms
whim·per·er, noun
whim·per·ing·ly, adverb
un·whim·per·ing, adjective
un·whim·per·ing·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. whine, weep, sob. 3. whine, sob.
1. whine, weep, sob. 3. whine, sob.
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Example Sentences
- It is mostly a long-drawn whimper from a fellow for whom you can't hold much regard.
- But in comparison with earlier economic crackups, this crisis has packed an emotional wallop but only an intellectual whimper.
- Eliot, maybe the world really does end with a bang, not a whimper.
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Word Origin & History
whimper
1513, probably of imitative origin, or from Ger. wimmern "to whimper, moan." The noun is first recorded c.1700.
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