different between whipper vs whimper
whipper
English
Etymology
whip +? -er
Noun
whipper (plural whippers)
- A person or thing that whips.
Derived terms
- coal-whipper
See also
- whipper snapper
- whipper snipper
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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
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