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Webster 1913 Edition


Whimper

Whim′per

,
Verb.
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
.
Was there ever yet preacher but there were gainsayers that spurned, that winced, that
whimpered
against him?
Latimer.

Whim′per

,
Verb.
T.
To utter in alow, whining tone.

Whim′per

,
Noun.
A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief.

Webster 1828 Edition


Whimper

WHIMPER

,
Verb.
I.
[G.] To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; as, a child whimpers.