Definitions for whimper

whimper whim·per

Spelling: [hwim-per, wim-]
IPA: /ˈʰwɪm pər, ˈwɪm-/

Whimper is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 137 anagrams from letters in whimper (ehimprw).

Definitions for whimper

verb (used without object)

  1. to cry with low, plaintive, broken sounds.

verb (used with object)

  1. to utter in a whimper.

noun

  1. a whimpering cry or sound.

Origin of whimper

1505-15; obsolete whimp to whine + -er6

Examples for whimper

"Your father is nothing but an ache and a stound to you, lass," Sim would say in a whimper.

This is the way the World Economic Forum ends every year, not with a bang, but a whimper.

Did the French monarchy end not with a bang—or a whimper—but a smile?

Without a bang or a whimper, the Grand Bargain died this week.

Democratic capitalism had won the Cold War not with a bang, but a whimper.

In Kyushu, where the yakuza are deeply rooted, they are not leaving with a whimper, they are leaving with a bang.

Ralph would rather have heard him whimper and shuffle as he had done before.

I might be a "Babe in the Wood," but he should not have the satisfaction of hearing me whimper.

Liza, frightened again, began once more to whimper prettily.

Gave it up, as you did, without a whimper or even a whisper?

Word Value for whimper
Scrable

17

Words with friends

18

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