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whimper
whim·per W5123100 (wĭm′pər, hwĭm′-)v. whim·pered, whim·per·ing, whim·pers v.intr.1. To cry or sob with soft intermittent sounds; whine.2. To complain.v.tr. To utter in a whimper.n. A low, broken, sobbing sound; a whine.
[Probably imitative.]
whim′per·er n.whim′per·ing·ly adv.whimper (ˈwɪmpə) vb1. (intr) to cry, sob, or whine softly or intermittently2. to complain or say (something) in a whining plaintive wayna soft plaintive whine[C16: from dialect whimp, of imitative origin] ˈwhimperer n ˈwhimpering n ˈwhimperingly advwhim•per (ˈʰwɪm pər, ˈwɪm-)
v.i. 1. to cry with low plaintive sounds. v.t. 2. to utter in a whimper. n. 3. a whimpering sound. [1505–15; obsolete whimp to whine (of expressive orig.) + -er6] whim′per•er, n. whim′per•ing•ly, adv. whimper
Past participle: whimpered
Gerund: whimpering
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| I whimper | | you whimper | | he/she/it whimpers | | we whimper | | you whimper | | they whimper |
| Preterite |
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| I whimpered | | you whimpered | | he/she/it whimpered | | we whimpered | | you whimpered | | they whimpered |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am whimpering | | you are whimpering | | he/she/it is whimpering | | we are whimpering | | you are whimpering | | they are whimpering |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have whimpered | | you have whimpered | | he/she/it has whimpered | | we have whimpered | | you have whimpered | | they have whimpered |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was whimpering | | you were whimpering | | he/she/it was whimpering | | we were whimpering | | you were whimpering | | they were whimpering |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had whimpered | | you had whimpered | | he/she/it had whimpered | | we had whimpered | | you had whimpered | | they had whimpered |
| Future |
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| I will whimper | | you will whimper | | he/she/it will whimper | | we will whimper | | you will whimper | | they will whimper |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have whimpered | | you will have whimpered | | he/she/it will have whimpered | | we will have whimpered | | you will have whimpered | | they will have whimpered |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be whimpering | | you will be whimpering | | he/she/it will be whimpering | | we will be whimpering | | you will be whimpering | | they will be whimpering |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been whimpering | | you have been whimpering | | he/she/it has been whimpering | | we have been whimpering | | you have been whimpering | | they have been whimpering |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been whimpering | | you will have been whimpering | | he/she/it will have been whimpering | | we will have been whimpering | | you will have been whimpering | | they will have been whimpering |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been whimpering | | you had been whimpering | | he/she/it had been whimpering | | we had been whimpering | | you had been whimpering | | they had been whimpering |
| Conditional |
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| I would whimper | | you would whimper | | he/she/it would whimper | | we would whimper | | you would whimper | | they would whimper |
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| I would have whimpered | | you would have whimpered | | he/she/it would have whimpered | | we would have whimpered | | you would have whimpered | | they would have whimpered |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | whimper - a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining waywhinecomplaint - an expression of grievance or resentment | | Verb | 1. |  whimper - cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain"mewl, pule, wailweep, cry - shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs" |
whimperverb1. cry, moan, sob, weep, whine, whinge (informal), grizzle (informal, chiefly Brit.), blubber, snivel, blub (slang), mewl She lay at the bottom of the stairs, whimpering in pain.noun1. sob, moan, whine, snivel David's crying subsided to a whimper.whimperverbTo cry with soft, intermittent, often plaintive sounds:pule, whine.Translationswhimper (ˈwimpə) verb to cry with a low, shaky or whining voice. I heard a puppy / a child whimpering. 嗚咽 呜咽 noun a cry of this kind. The dog gave a little whimper. 嗚咽聲 呜咽声whimper
not with a bang but with a whimperIn an anti-climactic way. Typically used to describe the end of something. The phrase is taken from the last stanza of T.S. Eliot's poem "The Hollow Men": "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper." We all thought the championship was going to be a close game, but it ended up being a blowout, and the season ended not with a bang but with a whimper.See also: bang, but, not, whimpernot with a bang but a whimper LITERARYIf something happens not with a bang but a whimper, it is less effective or exciting than people expected or intended. The Cannes film festival approached its climax yesterday not with a bang but a whimper, as thousands of disappointed festival-goers left early. Note: You can also say that something happened with a bang and not a whimper to mean the opposite. Should the monarchy go, it would be with a memorable bang and not a whimper. Note: This is the last line of T.S. Eliot's poem `The Hollow Men' (1925): `This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.' See also: bang, but, not, whimperwhimper
Synonyms for whimperverb crySynonyms- cry
- moan
- sob
- weep
- whine
- whinge
- grizzle
- blubber
- snivel
- blub
- mewl
noun sobSynonymsSynonyms for whimperverb to cry with soft, intermittent, often plaintive soundsSynonymsSynonyms for whimpernoun a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining waySynonymsRelated Wordsverb cry weakly or softlySynonymsRelated Words |