whimper : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: whimper	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for whimper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whimper n a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way [syn: whimper, whine] v cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain" [syn: wail, whimper, mewl, pule]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whimper \Whim"per\, v. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whimper \Whim"per\, v. t. To utter in alow, whining tone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whimper \Whim"per\, n. A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief.