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To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain; as, a child whimpers.

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  1. v. i. To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain; as, a child whimpers.
  2. v. t. To utter in alow, whining tone.
  3. n. A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief.
  4. n. a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
  5. v. cry weakly or softly
  6. To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain; as, a child whimpers. Was there ever yet preacher but there were gainsayers that spurned, that winced, that whimpered against him Latimer. To utter in alow, whining tone. A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief.
  7. To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; tocomplain; as, a child whimpers.Was there ever yet preacher but there were gainsayers that spurned,that winced, that whimpered against him Latimer.
  8. n:32/v:68 n. a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way