whimper

Meanings

Noun

Verb

  • To cry or sob softly and intermittently.
  • To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain.
  • To say something in a whimpering manner.

Origin

  • From dialectal whimp + -er. Compare German wimmern.

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