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Whimper   /wˈɪmpər/  /hwˈɪmpər/   Listen
Whimper

noun
1.
A complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way.  Synonym: whine.
verb
(past & past part. whimpered; pres. part. whimpering)
1.
Cry weakly or softly.  Synonyms: mewl, pule, wail.






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"Whimper" Quotes from Famous Books



... He found that the bear was eyeing him anxiously, and not looking at the ice at all; so he chuckled, told himself that if he didn't know more than a bear he'd no business in the woods, and stepped resolutely forth upon the treacherous pack. Before he had gone ten paces the bear jumped up with a whimper, and followed hastily, plainly conceding that the man ...
— The Watchers of the Trails - A Book of Animal Life • Charles G. D. Roberts

... campaign down one side and up the other of two blocks of Nineteenth Street. Finally there came a whimper from the depths of the blanket, and a light and coughy little cry against and into ...
— Star-Dust • Fannie Hurst

... you very often," I said, "and talk about you to Vivace. Poor little Vivace. He doesn't forget. How he did whimper when I had to drag him away from you that day in the wistaria arbour at Central Park. This isn't unlike that arbour, is it? There's wistaria here too. I believe I shall always think of that day when I see wistaria. It is odd we should meet again next time in a place so much ...
— Lady Betty Across the Water • Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

... and then out into the wide sunny space at the side of the house where Miss Kilburn had alighted so often with her father. Bolton's dog, grown now so very old as to be weak-minded, barked crazily at his master, and then, recognising him, broke into an imbecile whimper, and went back and coiled his rheumatism up in the sun on a warm stone before the door. Mrs. Bolton had to step over him as she came out, formally supporting her right elbow with her left hand as she offered the other in greeting to Miss Kilburn, with a look ...
— Annie Kilburn - A Novel • W. D. Howells

... floor and looked amazed at the irruption, then began to whimper. Her mother hushed her up sharply, and she crept out to ...
— A Little Girl in Old Boston • Amanda Millie Douglas


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