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whimper
[hwim-per, wim-]
verb (used without object)
to cry with low, plaintive, broken sounds.
Synonyms: , ,
verb (used with object)
to utter in a whimper.
noun
a whimpering cry or sound.
Synonyms: ,
whimper
/ ˈɪə /
verb
(intr) to cry, sob, or whine softly or intermittently
to complain or say (something) in a whining plaintive way
noun
a soft plaintive whine
Other Word Forms
- whimperer noun
- whimperingly adverb
- unwhimpering adjective
- unwhimperingly adverb
- ˈɳԲ noun
- ˈɳ noun
- ˈɳԲly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of whimper1
Example Sentences
DeChambeau was a shadow of the player who stormed to victory at Pinehurst last June as his title defence faded with a whimper.
However, a hollow feeling was left after both finals, given how much of a whimper the Scots went out with on each occasion.
However, not everyone was blown away, with the Hollywood Reporter saying it's "a disappointing farewell", and Mashable saying the series risked going out with the "fizzled whimper of a message self-destructing in a tape deck".
But the case is still “something to keep an eye on because it could very well be that this case ends … not with a bang, but a whimper,” McQuade added.
The guy who claimed to be a barber began to whimper, folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.
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