whimper

5 definitions found

whimper - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  whimper
      n 1: a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way [syn:
           whimper, whine]
      v 1: cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain" [syn: wail,
           whimper, mewl, pule]

whimper - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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