Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A low, whining cry; a whimper.
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- verb Present participle of
whimper . - noun The sound of one who
whimpers ; awhimper ; a feeble complaint.
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Examples
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From somewhere amidships the silence was broken by a low whimpering from the cabin boy.
THE SEED OF McCOY 2010
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But the whimpering is real, and justified, because it hurts to have your world come crashing down.
Loose Money And the Roots of the Crisis | Disinformation 2008
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Democrats are again whimpering and unable to provide a cohesive message from the early stages of this nomination.
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From somewhere amidships the silence was broken by a low whimpering from the cabin boy.
The Seed of McCoy 1911
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And the whimpering is the sound they make when they're neutered, packaged, and made readily available for mainstream consumption.
Mallrats: Where Trends Go To Die BikeSnobNYC 2008
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And the whimpering is the sound they make when they're neutered, packaged, and made readily available for mainstream consumption.
Archive 2008-10-01 BikeSnobNYC 2008
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I have no clear recollection what it was that I said, -- I desire not to recall the whimpering sentences in which I begged to be let alone, in which
Father and Son: a study of two temperaments Edmund Gosse 1888
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At one point I became aware that I was kind of whimpering with some barely suppressed emotion ... and I only realized it because some other show-goer gave me an alarmed look and stepped away smartly!
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An odd kind of whimpering started as I got into the front and shut the door.
Northlight Hall, Adam, 1920- 1985
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I remember washing myself all the time and kind of whimpering about "I'm not gonna have this every month, I want you to know," and washing and washing.
I Tina Turner, Tina 1952
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