Definition of "whimper" []

• To cry or sob with soft intermittent sounds; whine. See Synonyms at cry. (verb-intransitive)
• To complain. (verb-intransitive)
• To utter in a whimper. (verb-transitive)
• A low, broken, sobbing sound; a whine. (noun)

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• "With a contented feline yawn, Serena curled up for a nap but was suddenly interrupted by a whimper from the floor of the living room."
• "Just then one of journalists heard a small whimper from the back of the class."
• "a block of it, anyway, when we met two little boys about ten years old -- perhaps one was a little older; one looked about ten, and the other about eleven, or perhaps even twelve, although I think ten would come nearer to it -- and they asked us in a tone between a whine and a cry -- the word whimper more nearly describes it -- if we would buy either"