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whimper |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whimper \Whim"per\, v. t. To utter in alow, whining tone. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whimper \Whim"per\, n. A low whining, broken cry; a low whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: whimper n : a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way [syn: {whine}] v : cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain" [syn: {wail}, {mewl}, {pule}]
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