WHIMPER


Meaning of WHIMPER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ (h)wɪmpə(r) ]

( whimpers, whimpering, whimpered)

1.

If someone whimpers , they make quiet unhappy or frightened sounds, as if they are about to start crying.

She lay at the bottom of the stairs, whimpering in pain...

He made another pathetic whimpering sound.

VERB : V , V-ing

Whimper is also a noun.

David’s crying subsided to a whimper.

N-COUNT

2.

If someone whimpers something, they say it in an unhappy or frightened way.

‘Let me go,’ she whimpered. ‘You’re hurting me.’...

She whimpered something inaudible.

VERB : V with quote , V n

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