"whimper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪmpə(ɹ)/, /ˈʍɪmpə(ɹ)/ Audio: en-us-whimper.ogg Forms: whimpers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪmpə(ɹ) Etymology: From dialectal whimp (“to whine”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare German wimmern (“to whimper, whine”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|whimp|-er|pos2=frequentative suffix|t1=to whine}} whimp (“to whine”) + -er (frequentative suffix), {{cog|de|wimmern|t=to whimper, whine}} German wimmern (“to whimper, whine”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} whimper (plural whimpers)
  1. A low intermittent sob. Translations (a low intermittent sob): شَحْتَفَة [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), скимтене (skimtene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), хленчене (hlenčene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), gemec [masculine] (Catalan), 呜咽声 (Chinese Mandarin), fňukání [neuter] (Czech), naříkání [neuter] (Czech), snik [masculine] (Dutch), gémissement [masculine] (French), Wimmern [neuter] (German), Gewimmer [neuter] (German), Winseln [neuter] (German), Schluchzen [neuter] (German), יְבָבָה (yvavá) [feminine] (Hebrew), geoin [feminine] (Irish), piagnucolio [masculine] (Italian), цимолење (cimolenje) [neuter] (Macedonian), whakaingoingo (Maori), koroingoingo (Maori), kōingoingo (Maori), klynk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), klynk [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), زنویه (zenuye) (Persian), Wempa [neuter] (Plautdietsch), хны́канье (xnýkanʹje) [neuter] (Russian), cendranje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), cvilež [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cviljenje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), gimoteo [masculine] (Spanish), пхикання (pxykannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), скімлення (skimlennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-whimper-en-noun-m6~OZGEC

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɪmpə(ɹ)/, /ˈʍɪmpə(ɹ)/ Audio: en-us-whimper.ogg Forms: whimpers [present, singular, third-person], whimpering [participle, present], whimpered [participle, past], whimpered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪmpə(ɹ) Etymology: From dialectal whimp (“to whine”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare German wimmern (“to whimper, whine”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|whimp|-er|pos2=frequentative suffix|t1=to whine}} whimp (“to whine”) + -er (frequentative suffix), {{cog|de|wimmern|t=to whimper, whine}} German wimmern (“to whimper, whine”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} whimper (third-person singular simple present whimpers, present participle whimpering, simple past and past participle whimpered)
  1. To cry or sob softly and intermittently. Categories (topical): Vocalizations Translations (to cry or sob softly and intermittently): μινυρίζω (minurízō) (Ancient Greek), скимтя (skimtja) (Bulgarian), хленча (hlenča) (Bulgarian), gemegar (Catalan), 抽泣 (chōuqì) (Chinese Mandarin), 呜咽 (wūyè) (Chinese Mandarin), fňukat [imperfective] (Czech), kňourat [imperfective] (Czech), zuchtenkreunen (Dutch), dreinen (Dutch), aĥi (Esperanto), ploreti (Esperanto), vikistä (Finnish), uikuttaa (Finnish), gémir (French), pleurnicher (French), choricar (Galician), chorimicar (Galician), wimmern (German), winseln (German), quengeln (German), fiepen (German), pimpeln (German), pimmeln (German), schluchzen (German), stöhnen (German), μυξοκλαίω (myxoklaío) (Greek), יִבֵּב (yibbév) (Hebrew), nyöszörög (Hungarian), piagnucolare (Italian), цимоли (cimoli) (Macedonian), whakaingoingo (Maori), kōingoingo (Maori), koroingoingo (Maori), houîmbrer (Norman), klynke (Norwegian Bokmål), klynke (Norwegian Nynorsk), نالیدن (nâlidan) (Persian), skomleć [imperfective] (Polish), kwilić [imperfective] (Polish), choramingar (Portuguese), хны́кать (xnýkatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), скули́ть (skulítʹ) (english: like a dog) [imperfective] (Russian), cendrati (Serbo-Croatian), cviliti (Serbo-Croatian), cviljeti (Serbo-Croatian), lloriquear (Spanish), пхикати (pxykaty) (Ukrainian), скімлити (skimlyty) (Ukrainian)
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  2. To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain.
    Sense id: en-whimper-en-verb-NzzgUFJ7
  3. To say something in a whimpering manner.
    Sense id: en-whimper-en-verb-JoIvigB7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: whimperative

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "text": "The lonely puppy began to whimper as soon as we left the room.",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:",
          "text": "At the sight of Mr. Utterson, the housemaid broke into hysterical whimpering; and the cook, crying out \"Bless God! it's Mr. Utterson,\" ran forward as if to take him in her arms.",
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        }
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          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "skimtja",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "скимтя"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "hlenča",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "хленча"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "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"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "kňourat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "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"
        },
        {
          "_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"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "quengeln"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "fiepen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "pimpeln"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "pimmeln"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "schluchzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "stöhnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "myxoklaío",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "μυξοκλαίω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "minurízō",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "μινυρίζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "yibbév",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "יִבֵּב"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "nyöszörög"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "piagnucolare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "cimoli",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "цимоли"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "whakaingoingo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "kōingoingo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "koroingoingo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "houîmbrer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "klynke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "klynke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "nâlidan",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "نالیدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "skomleć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "kwilić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "choramingar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xnýkatʹ",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "хны́кать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "like a dog",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "skulítʹ",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "скули́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "cendrati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "cviliti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "cviljeti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "lloriquear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pxykaty",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "пхикати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "skimlyty",
          "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
          "word": "скімлити"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1549 April 1 (Gregorian calendar), Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[27 Sermons Preached by the Ryght Reuerende Father in God and Constant Matir of Iesus Christe, Maister Hugh Latimer, […].] The Thyrde Sermon of Maister Hughe Latymer whyche He Preached before the Kynge [Edward VI], wythin Hys Graces Palayce at Westminster, the XXII. Daye of Marche.”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, →OCLC, folio 39, verso:",
          "text": "Was ther euer yet prechers, but ther wer gainſayers? that ſpurned? that winſt? that whimpered againſt him?",
          "type": "quote"
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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, archived from the original on 2019-05-15:",
          "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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        "To say something in a whimpering manner."
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      "ipa": "/ˈwɪmpə(ɹ)/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈʍɪmpə(ɹ)/"
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    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norman translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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      "code": "arz",
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      "sense": "a low intermittent sob",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "شَحْتَفَة"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "a low intermittent sob",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "a low intermittent sob",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a low intermittent sob",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "gemec"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a low intermittent sob",
      "word": "呜咽声"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "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": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a low intermittent sob",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Winseln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a low intermittent sob",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schluchzen"
    },
    {
      "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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    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norman translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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      "word": "whimperative"
    }
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      "form": "whimpers",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "whimpering",
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        {
          "text": "The lonely puppy began to whimper as soon as we left the room.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:",
          "text": "At the sight of Mr. Utterson, the housemaid broke into hysterical whimpering; and the cook, crying out \"Bless God! it's Mr. Utterson,\" ran forward as if to take him in her arms.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "To cry or sob softly and intermittently."
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        ],
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          "sob"
        ],
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        ],
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          "intermittently",
          "intermittently"
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      "categories": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1549 April 1 (Gregorian calendar), Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[27 Sermons Preached by the Ryght Reuerende Father in God and Constant Matir of Iesus Christe, Maister Hugh Latimer, […].] The Thyrde Sermon of Maister Hughe Latymer whyche He Preached before the Kynge [Edward VI], wythin Hys Graces Palayce at Westminster, the XXII. Daye of Marche.”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, →OCLC, folio 39, verso:",
          "text": "Was ther euer yet prechers, but ther wer gainſayers? that ſpurned? that winſt? that whimpered againſt him?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "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, archived from the original on 2019-05-15:",
          "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To say something in a whimpering manner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɪmpə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʍɪmpə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-whimper.ogg",
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪmpə(ɹ)"
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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": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
      "word": "quengeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
      "word": "fiepen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
      "word": "pimpeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
      "word": "pimmeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
      "word": "schluchzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cry or sob softly and intermittently",
      "word": "stöhnen"
    },
    {
      "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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