Whimper \Whim"per\, v. t.
To utter in alow, whining tone.
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Whimper \Whim"per\, n.
A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive
of complaint or grief.
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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.
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Was there ever yet preacher but there were gainsayers
that spurned, that winced, that whimpered against him?
--Latimer.
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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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "whimper":
bawl, blubber, boohoo, break down, burst into tears, cry,
dissolve in tears, dolorous tirade, drop a tear, greet, groan,
howl, jeremiad, keen, lament, moan, murmur, mutter, outcry, plaint,
planctus, pule, scream, shed tears, snivel, sob, tirade, ululation,
wail, wail of woe, weep, whine, yammer, yawp, yowl
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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