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WHIMPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
Synonyms:
whimper; whine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("whimper" is a kind of...):
complaint (an expression of grievance or resentment)
Derivation:
whimper (cry weakly or softly)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they whimper ... he / she / it whimpers
Past simple: whimpered
Past participle: whimpered
-ing form: whimpering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cry weakly or softly
Example:
she wailed with pain
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "whimper" is one way to...):
cry; weep (shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
whimper (a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way)
Context examples:
“No, Dan'l,” returned Mrs. Gummidge, whimpering and shaking her head.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Dub was badly injured in a hind leg; Dolly, the last husky added to the team at Dyea, had a badly torn throat; Joe had lost an eye; while Billee, the good-natured, with an ear chewed and rent to ribbons, cried and whimpered throughout the night.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Toto whimpered a little, but none of the others was frightened, and they kept along the well-trodden path until they came to an opening in the wood, in which were gathered hundreds of beasts of every variety.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
From wincing he went to whimpering.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
My love would have been devoted—would have trod your paltry whimpering under foot!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
And dreaming there by the Yukon bank, with lazy eyes blinking at the fire, these sounds and sights of another world would make the hair to rise along his back and stand on end across his shoulders and up his neck, till he whimpered low and suppressedly, or growled softly, and the half-breed cook shouted at him, Hey, you Buck, wake up!
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
He crawled tremblingly to his feet and stood whimpering.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Mrs. Gummidge's was rather a fretful disposition, and she whimpered more sometimes than was comfortable for other parties in so small an establishment.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Sick as he was, Dave resented being taken out, grunting and growling while the traces were unfastened, and whimpering broken-heartedly when he saw Sol-leks in the position he had held and served so long.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
When the canoe touched the shore, White Fang lay whimpering and motionless, waiting the will of Grey Beaver.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
