Whimper

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whimper \Whim"per\, v. t.
     To utter in alow, whining tone.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Whimper \Whim"per\, n.
     A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive
     of complaint or grief.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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