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"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
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"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"word": "whakaingoingo"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
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"roman": "skimtja",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "скимтя"
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"word": "хленча"
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{
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"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "gemegar"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chōuqì",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "抽泣"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wūyè",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "呜咽"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"tags": [
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"word": "fňukat"
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"_dis1": "88 12 0",
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"word": "kňourat"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "zuchtenkreunen"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "dreinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "aĥi"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "ploreti"
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{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "vikistä"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "uikuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "gémir"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "pleurnicher"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "choricar"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "chorimicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "wimmern"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "winseln"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "myxoklaío",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "μυξοκλαίω"
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{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "grc",
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"roman": "minurízō",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "μινυρίζω"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "yibbév",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "יִבֵּב"
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{
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "nyöszörög"
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{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "piagnucolare"
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{
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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "cimoli",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "цимоли"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "whakaingoingo"
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"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
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"word": "koroingoingo"
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"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "houîmbrer"
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{
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "klynke"
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{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
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"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
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{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nâlidan",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "نالیدن"
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{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
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"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"tags": [
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"word": "skomleć"
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"_dis1": "88 12 0",
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"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"tags": [
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{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "choramingar"
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{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xnýkatʹ",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"tags": [
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"word": "хны́кать"
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{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "ru",
"english": "like a dog",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skulítʹ",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "скули́ть"
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{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "cendrati"
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{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "cviliti"
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{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "cviljeti"
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{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "lloriquear"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pxykaty",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "пхикати"
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{
"_dis1": "88 12 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skimlyty",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "скімлити"
}
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"To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain."
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"text": "“Master, please don’t punish me!” he whimpered.",
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"ref": "2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club",
"text": "Stripped of all bravado, Cersei breaks, and shows the very scared, vulnerable woman who has kept her emotions at bay. “I don’t want to die,” she whimpers, “Not like this.” It’s all the more moving for coming from a character who built her identity on steely resolve and contempt for such hoary conceits as fear.",
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"code": "arz",
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"word": "شَحْتَفَة"
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"code": "cmn",
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"word": "呜咽声"
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fňukání"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "naříkání"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "snik"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gémissement"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Wimmern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gewimmer"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "yvavá",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "יְבָבָה"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "geoin"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piagnucolio"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "cimolenje",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "цимолење"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"word": "whakaingoingo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"word": "koroingoingo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"word": "kōingoingo"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "klynk"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "klynk"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "zenuye",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"word": "زنویه"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Wempa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xnýkanʹje",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "хны́канье"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "cendranje"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cvilež"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "cviljenje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gimoteo"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pxykannja",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пхикання"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skimlennja",
"sense": "a low intermittent sob",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "скімлення"
}
],
"word": "whimper"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English reporting verbs",
"English terms suffixed with -er",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɪmpə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɪmpə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
"en:Vocalizations"
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"derived": [
{
"word": "whimperative"
}
],
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"2": "whimp",
"3": "-er",
"pos2": "frequentative suffix",
"t1": "to whine"
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"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "wimmern",
"t": "to whimper, whine"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From dialectal whimp (“to whine”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare German wimmern (“to whimper, whine”).",
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"form": "whimpers",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "whimpering",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "whimpered",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "whimpered",
"tags": [
"past"
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}
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"pos": "verb",
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The lonely puppy began to whimper as soon as we left the room.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cry or sob softly and intermittently."
],
"links": [
[
"cry",
"cry"
],
[
"sob",
"sob"
],
[
"softly",
"softly"
],
[
"intermittently",
"intermittently"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "“Master, please don’t punish me!” he whimpered.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club",
"text": "Stripped of all bravado, Cersei breaks, and shows the very scared, vulnerable woman who has kept her emotions at bay. “I don’t want to die,” she whimpers, “Not like this.” It’s all the more moving for coming from a character who built her identity on steely resolve and contempt for such hoary conceits as fear.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To say something in a whimpering manner."
],
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɪmpə(ɹ)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʍɪmpə(ɹ)/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪmpə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-whimper.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/En-us-whimper.ogg/En-us-whimper.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/En-us-whimper.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
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"text": "Audio (US)"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "skimtja",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "скимтя"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hlenča",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "хленча"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "gemegar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chōuqì",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "抽泣"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wūyè",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "呜咽"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "fňukat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kňourat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "zuchtenkreunen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "dreinen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "aĥi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "ploreti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "vikistä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "uikuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "gémir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "pleurnicher"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "choricar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "chorimicar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "wimmern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "winseln"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "myxoklaío",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "μυξοκλαίω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "minurízō",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "μινυρίζω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "yibbév",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "יִבֵּב"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "nyöszörög"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "piagnucolare"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "cimoli",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "цимоли"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "whakaingoingo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "kōingoingo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "koroingoingo"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "houîmbrer"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "klynke"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "klynke"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nâlidan",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "نالیدن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "skomleć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kwilić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "choramingar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xnýkatʹ",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "хны́кать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "like a dog",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skulítʹ",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "скули́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "cendrati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "cviliti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "cviljeti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "lloriquear"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pxykaty",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "пхикати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skimlyty",
"sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
"word": "скімлити"
}
],
"word": "whimper"
}
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