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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
whimper/ˈwɪmpə(r)/

▶verb make a series of low, feeble sounds expressive of fear, pain, or discontent. ▶noun a whimpering sound.

– derivatives
whimperer noun,
whimpering noun,
whimperingly adverb.

– origin C16: from dial. whimp ‘to whimper’, of imitative origin.

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