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Webster 1913 Edition
Whimper
Whim′per
,Verb.
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.
Whim′per
,Verb.
T.
To utter in alow, whining tone.
Whim′per
,Noun.
A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief.
Webster 1828 Edition
Whimper
WHIMPER
,Verb.
I.