Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Whimper"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
whimper
n : a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way [syn: {whine}]
v : cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain" [syn: {wail}, {mewl},
{pule}]
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