verb, noun
verb to make low, weak crying noises; to speak in this way:
[V] The child was lost and began to whimper. * [Vspeech] 'Don't leave me alone,' he whimpered.
noun a low weak cry that a person or an animal makes when they are hurt, frightened or sad:
The puppy gave a little whimper of fear. * (figurative) The whole affair ended less with a bang than with a whimper (= in a way that was not impressive).
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for whimper is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does whimper appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — whimper appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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