different between whimper vs bellow
whimper
English
Etymology
From dialectal whimp (“to whine”) +? -er (frequentative suffix). Compare German wimmern (“to whimper, whine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?w?mp?(?)/, /???mp?(?)/
- Rhymes: -?mp?(?)
Noun
whimper (plural whimpers)
- A low intermittent sob.
Translations
Verb
whimper (third-person singular simple present whimpers, present participle whimpering, simple past and past participle whimpered)
- To cry or sob softly and intermittently.
- The lonely puppy began to whimper as soon as we left the room.
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
- At the sight of Mr. Utterson, the housemaid broke into hysterical whimpering; and the cook, crying out "Bless God! it's Mr. Utterson," ran forward as if to take him in her arms.
- To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain.
- March 22 1549, Hugh Latimer, third sermon preached before King Edward VI
- Was there ever yet preacher but there were gainsayers that spurned, that winced, that whimpered against him?
- March 22 1549, Hugh Latimer, third sermon preached before King Edward VI
- To say something in a whimpering manner.
- "Master, please don't punish me!" he whimpered.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:weep
Derived terms
- whimperative
Translations
whimper From the web:
- what whimper means
- what's whimper in farsi
- whimpered what does it mean
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- what does whimpering mean in dogs
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- what animals whimper
bellow
English
Alternative forms
- (US, dialectal) beller
Etymology
From Middle English belwen, from Old English bylgian, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *b?el- (“to sound, roar”), whence also belg (“leather bag”), bellan (“to roar”), bl?wan (“to blow”). Cognate with German bellen (“to bark”), Russian ??????? (bléjat?, “baa, bleat”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b?lo?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?l??/
- Rhymes: -?l??
Noun
bellow (plural bellows)
- The deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.
Translations
Verb
bellow (third-person singular simple present bellows, present participle bellowing, simple past and past participle bellowed)
- To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.
- the bellowing voice of boiling seas
- To shout in a deep voice.
Translations
bellow From the web:
- what bellows
- what bellow means
- what bellowed mean in arabic
- what's bellows in french
- bellow what does it mean
- bellows what is it used for
- bellows what do they do
- what part of speech is below
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