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whimper - 6 dictionary results

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


whim⋅per⋅er, noun
whim⋅per⋅ing⋅ly, adverb


1. whine, weep, sob. 3. whine, sob.
whim·per   (hwĭm'pər, wĭm'-)   
v.   whim·pered, whim·per·ing, whim·pers

v.   intr.
  1. To cry or sob with soft intermittent sounds; whine. See Synonyms at cry.
  2. 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.

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.
Language Translation for : whimper
Spanish: gemir; lloriquear,
German: winseln,
Japanese: しくしく泣く

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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