Meaning of "whimper" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WHIMPER

From dialect whimp, of imitative origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF WHIMPER

whimper  [ˈwɪmpə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHIMPER

Whimper is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb whimper in English.

WHAT DOES WHIMPER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Crying

Crying is the shedding of tears in response to an emotional state in humans. The act of crying has been defined as "a complex secretomotor phenomenon characterized by the shedding of tears from the lacrimal apparatus, without any irritation of the ocular structures". A related medical term is lacrimation, which also refers to non-emotional shedding of tears. A neuronal connection between the lacrimal gland and the areas of the human brain involved with emotion has been established. Some scientists believe that only humans produce tears in response to emotional states, while others disagree. Charles Darwin wrote in The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals that the keepers of Indian elephants in the London Zoo told him that their charges shed tears in sorrow. Tears produced during emotional crying have a chemical composition which differs from other types of tears. They contain significantly greater quantities of the hormones prolactin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, Leu-enkephalin, and the elements potassium and manganese.

Definition of whimper in the English dictionary

The first definition of whimper in the dictionary is to cry, sob, or whine softly or intermittently. Other definition of whimper is to complain or say in a whining plaintive way. Whimper is also a soft plaintive whine.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WHIMPER

PRESENT

Present

I whimper

you whimper

he/she/it whimpers

we whimper

you whimper

they whimper

Present continuous

I am whimpering

you are whimpering

he/she/it is whimpering

we are whimpering

you are whimpering

they are whimpering

Present perfect

I have whimpered

you have whimpered

he/she/it has whimpered

we have whimpered

you have whimpered

they have whimpered

Present perfect continuous

I have been whimpering

you have been whimpering

he/she/it has been whimpering

we have been whimpering

you have been whimpering

they have been whimpering

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I whimpered

you whimpered

he/she/it whimpered

we whimpered

you whimpered

they whimpered

Past continuous

I was whimpering

you were whimpering

he/she/it was whimpering

we were whimpering

you were whimpering

they were whimpering

Past perfect

I had whimpered

you had whimpered

he/she/it had whimpered

we had whimpered

you had whimpered

they had whimpered

Past perfect continuous

I had been whimpering

you had been whimpering

he/she/it had been whimpering

we had been whimpering

you had been whimpering

they had been whimpering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will whimper

you will whimper

he/she/it will whimper

we will whimper

you will whimper

they will whimper

Future continuous

I will be whimpering

you will be whimpering

he/she/it will be whimpering

we will be whimpering

you will be whimpering

they will be whimpering

Future perfect

I will have whimpered

you will have whimpered

he/she/it will have whimpered

we will have whimpered

you will have whimpered

they will have whimpered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been whimpering

you will have been whimpering

he/she/it will have been whimpering

we will have been whimpering

you will have been whimpering

they will have been whimpering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would whimper

you would whimper

he/she/it would whimper

we would whimper

you would whimper

they would whimper

Conditional continuous

I would be whimpering

you would be whimpering

he/she/it would be whimpering

we would be whimpering

you would be whimpering

they would be whimpering

Conditional perfect

I would have whimper

you would have whimper

he/she/it would have whimper

we would have whimper

you would have whimper

they would have whimper

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been whimpering

you would have been whimpering

he/she/it would have been whimpering

we would have been whimpering

you would have been whimpering

they would have been whimpering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you whimper
we let´s whimper
you whimper

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to whimper

Past participle

whimpered

Present Participle

whimpering

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «WHIMPER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «whimper» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of whimper

blub · blubber · cry · grizzle · mewl · moan · pule · snivel · sob · weep · whine · whinge

TRANSLATION OF WHIMPER

Find out the translation of whimper to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of whimper from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «whimper» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 抽泣
• Translator English - Spanish: lloriquear
• English: whimper
• Translator English - Hindi: whimper
• Translator English - Arabic: تذمر
• Translator English - Russian: хныкать
• Translator English - Portuguese: choramingar
• Translator English - Bengali: ঘ্যানঘ্যান
• Translator English - French: geindre
• Translator English - Malay: Merengek
• Translator English - German: wimmern
• Translator English - Japanese: 弱々しい声で泣く
• Translator English - Korean: 훌쩍이다
• Translator English - Javanese: Whimper
• Translator English - Vietnamese: rên
• Translator English - Tamil: தேங்கு
• Translator English - Marathi: कर्कश आवाज
• Translator English - Turkish: sızlanma
• Translator English - Italian: piagnucolare
• Translator English - Polish: biadolić
• Translator English - Ukrainian: пхикати
• Translator English - Romanian: scâncet
• Translator English - Greek: κλαψούρισμα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: gedrein
• Translator English - Swedish: kvidande
• Translator English - Norwegian: klynk

2 QUOTES WITH «WHIMPER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word whimper.

1

Lauren Myracle

What I find cool about being a banned author is this: I'm writing books that evoke a reaction, books that, if dropped in a lake, go down not with a whimper but a splash.

2

Eskinder Nega

Tyranny is increasingly unsustainable in this post-cold-war era. It is doomed to failure. But it must be prodded to exit the stage with a whimper - not the bang that extremists long for.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHIMPER»

Discover the use of whimper in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to whimper and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Peter and the Whimper-Whineys

" Thus begins the rhymed story of Peter and the Whimper-Whineys. Peter's mother warns him that if he cannot stop whining and crying, he'll have to go live with the Whimper-Whineys.

Sherrill S Cannon, 2011

Not with a Bang But a Whimper: Western Europe Approaches the ...

Discusses the key issues that bear on Western Europe's future stability.

Robert A. Levine, 1996

Not With a Bang But a Whimper: The Politics and Culture of ...

The Politics and Culture of Decline Theodore Dalrymple. case, the mother took up soon afterward with another man of the same type but even worse—a crack— smoking criminal who was in and out of prison. When at liberty, he neither worked ...

Theodore Dalrymple, 2010

And the Kid Didn't Whimper... 1920-1946: The Education of a ...

An account of the childhood and youth during the 1920s and the Great Depression of a psychologically troubled son of impoverished shopkeepers and graduate of a backwater teachers college who survived the emotional stress of a dysfunctional ...

Arthur D. Kahn, 2005

The Primal Whimper: More Readings from the Journal of ...

Offers a humorous look at topics in psychology and psychiatry

Glenn C. Ellenbogen, 1991

Whimper

What does a person know about his or her neighbors, anyway?

Lee Jones, 2011

The Arabian Nights' Entertainments

Mosque - -- -- -- -- Evans - - 653 The King Asim crowning Seifelmolouk ----- Nicholls - - 654 Consultation of the Merchants and Travellers - Gray - - 657 Storm at Sea - - - - - - - - Whimper - - 658 The Queen and her Captives - - - - - - T. Williams ...

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The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called The Arabian ...

Page. Hasan conveyed to the Ship Whimper .... 357 The Magian summoning the Camels Harriet Clarke .362 Hasan falling from the Summit of the Mountain Whimper .... 365 Hasan slaying the Magian Folkard .... 369 Damsels bathing Nicholls .

Edward Stanley Poole, 1865

Chimpanzee Behavior in the Wild: An Audio-Visual Encyclopedia

An Audio-Visual Encyclopedia Toshisada Nishida, Koichiro Zamma, Takahisa Matsusaka, Agumi Inaba, William C. McGrew. 204 whimper (WHP) Fig. 38 Wash colobus skin: Adult male, Musa, washed colobus skin in stream. Four chimpanzees ...

Toshisada Nishida, Koichiro Zamma, Takahisa Matsusaka, 2010

And the Whimper Is . . .: The Television Script ...

A young girl wanders away from her bed and disappears into a strange, echoing void.

Richard Matheson, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHIMPER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term whimper is used in the context of the following news items.

United States' Gold Cup Performance Culminates With a Whimper

CHESTER, Pa. — The United States national soccer team did not want to be here Saturday afternoon, playing a Gold Cup consolation match in a small soccer ... «New York Times, Jul 15»

Wayward Pines Ends With a Bang and a Whimper ... And, Yes, a Twist

The association of producer M. Night Shyamalan made everyone assume that Wayward Pines would end with some kind of mind-blowing twist. And lo, there ... «io9, Jul 15»

Greece debt crisis: Like earlier currency unions, this one will end …

Currency unions end more with a whimper than a bang. It may be that there will be some sort of deal that will hold the euro together for a little longer, but we can ... «The Independent, Jul 15»

Brooklyns Obnoxious Secret Flag Burning Ends With a Whimper

Rather than go out with a bang, the organizers apparently torched the colors in a dead-of-night whimper at the park's Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument, then ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»

Brooklyn's Obnoxious Flag Burning Event Ends With a Whimper

These are clearly issues that deserve and already do generate conversation and debate, but they do not obviate our need to examine racism in America. It's our ... «Brooklyn Reader, Jul 15»

Jeremy Clarkson's Top Gear ends not with a bang, but a whimper

I have watched, and rewatched, every episode of Top Gear. I couldn't help but tune in for the final one with the now-disbanded cast, especially knowing that it ... «The Verge, Jun 15»

Net neutrality starts with a whimper

While the Federal Communications Commission's new rules governing Internet providers like utilities are now in effect, consumers are unlikely to have noticed. «The Hill, Jun 15»

LA Opera's 'Dog Days' goes out with a bang, not a whimper

L.A. Opera is pushing into new territory. By joining forces with the Next On Grand festival of contemporary American music, it is engaging with the future of ... «Los Angeles Times, Jun 15»

Germany's stock index went from a roar to a whimper in a hurry

When it comes to stock-market corrections, David Hasselhoff might say: easy come, easy go. Easy come, easy go. Less than two months after hitting a record ... «MarketWatch, Jun 15»

Out with a Whimper: When Horror Endings Disappoint

No recent film has drawn as much ire for its “out with a whimper” ending as 2012's The Devil Inside. Not only does the film end abruptly, killing off the entire cast ... «Dread Central, May 15»