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 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 WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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}]
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