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verb | noun whimperwhimper1 /ˈwɪmpɚ/ verb ETYMOLOGYwhimperOrigin: 1500-1600 From the sound VERB TABLEwhimper |
| Present | I, you, we, they | whimper | | he, she, it | whimpers | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | whimpered | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have whimpered | | he, she, it | has whimpered | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had whimpered | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will whimper | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have whimpered |
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| Present | I | am whimpering | | he, she, it | is whimpering | | you, we, they | are whimpering | | Past | I, he, she, it | was whimpering | | you, we, they | were whimpering | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been whimpering | | he, she, it | has been whimpering | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been whimpering | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be whimpering | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been whimpering |
THESAURUSproduce tears► cry to produce tears from your eyes, usually because you are unhappy or hurt: Don’t cry – it’s OK. Is the baby crying again? ► be in tears to be crying: His wife was in tears as he was taken from the court room. ► sob to cry in a very noisy way: She was lying on her bed sobbing. ► weep formal to cry a lot for a long time: He wept when they told him she was dead. ► whimper to cry quietly and weakly: A child lay in the hospital bed, whimpering with pain. ► wail/bawl/howl to cry with a long loud sound. Used mainly about babies and children: They could hear a baby wailing somewhere. ► snivel to cry and complain in an annoying way. Used especially in writing: Stop sniveling, and I’ll show you how to do it. ► be close to tears/be near tears to be almost crying: Dave was near tears when he told us about losing his job. ► hold/fight back (the) tears to make a strong effort not to cry: The widow fought back tears as she read her statement to the press. ► burst/dissolve into tears to suddenly start crying: When she saw him, she burst into tears. ► break down to start crying after trying not to cry: His mother broke down during the funeral and had to be led out. 1[intransitive] to make soft weak crying sounds
► see thesaurus at cry12[transitive] to say something with a voice that sounds like a soft weak crying sound because you are sad, frightened, or in pain verb | noun whimperwhimper2 noun [countable] 1with a whimper if something ends with a whimper, it does not end in an exciting way2a low crying sound3with nary/hardly/barely a whimper (also without a whimper) if something happens or ends without a whimper, no one protests about it |