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whimper
whim·per
/ˈwɪmpə/[ˈwɪmpʰə]/ˈʍɪmpə/[ˈw̥ɪmpʰə]
noun
What it means
- A low intermittent sob.
In a sentence
The lonely puppy began to whimper as soon as we left the room.
Where it comes from
From dialectal whimp (“to whine”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare German wimmern (“to whimper, whine”).
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