whimper
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whimper
- /ˈwɪmpə/
- [ˈwɪmpʰə]
- /ˈʍɪmpə/
- [ˈw̥ɪmpʰə]
- /ˈwɪmpəɹ/
- [ˈwɪmpʰɚ]
- /ˈʍɪmpəɹ/
- [ˈw̥ɪmpʰɚ]
Rhymes with -ɪmpə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From dialectal whimp (“to whine”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare German wimmern (“to whimper, whine”).
noun whimpers
- A low intermittent sob.
verb whimpers · whimpering · whimpered
- To cry or sob softly and intermittently. The lonely puppy began to whimper as soon as we left the room.
- To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain. Was ther euer yet prechers, but ther wer gainſayers? that ſpurned? that winſt? that whimpered againſt him?
- To say something in a whimpering manner. “Master, please don’t punish me!” he whimpered.
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