WHIMPER

[whim.per] vi whim.pered ; whim.per.ing [imit.] (1513) 1: to make a low whining plaintive or broken sound

2: to complain or protest with or as if with a whimper

[2]whimper n (ca. 1700) 1: a whimpering cry or sound

2: a petulant complaint or protest