WHIMPER


Meaning of WHIMPER in English

■ verb make a series of low, feeble sounds expressive of fear, pain, or discontent.

■ noun a ~ing sound.

Derivatives

~er noun

~ing noun

~ingly adverb

Origin

C16: from dialect whimp 'to ~', of imitative origin.

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