Associations to the word «Whimpering»

Wiktionary

WHIMPER, noun. A low intermittent sob.
WHIMPER, verb. To cry or sob softly and intermittently.
WHIMPER, verb. To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain.
WHIMPER, verb. To say something in a whimpering manner.

Dictionary definition

WHIMPER, noun. A complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way.
WHIMPER, verb. Cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats