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whimper

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whim⋅per

  [hwim-per, wim-]
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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.
–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.

  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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

whimper  (v.)
1513, probably of imitative origin, or from Ger. wimmern "to whimper, moan." The noun is first recorded c.1700.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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