whimper
/ˈwɪmpə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈwɪmpə/
whimper
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
whim - per -> whimper
Myanmar meaning
အားနာသော ၊ ရန်ဖြစ်သော ၊ ခြောက်လန့်သော အသံများ ဖြစ်စေသည်။ ယင်းသို့သော အသံ။
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(က) အသံ တအိအိ၊ တအီအီ ပြုသည်။ A child in a bed nearby began to whimper. ❍ She was making little whimpering noises of concern.
(ခ) ငိုသံပါ နှင့် တောင်းပန်သည်။ ‘Please don't leave me alone,’ he whimpered. ❍ cry1
n တဟင့်ဟင့်ရှိုက်သံ။ တအင့်အင့်ညည်းသံ။ The conference ended less with a bang than with a whimper (ie in a way that was weak and not impressive).
More examples
- ‘After that he just started whimpering and I began to feel sorry for him.’
- ‘Suddenly, she heard something that sounded like a child whimpering to her right.’
- ‘She rushed over to the cradle where her infant daughter lay, whimpering in fear.’
- ‘She was still whimpering with pain when we arrived but incredibly we were confronted with a pay and display car park!’
- ‘Just then we heard the courthouse doors open and the sound of a dog whimpering.’
- ‘They heard one last ear-piercing shriek and then the sound of the wolf whimpering as though it had been hurt.’
- ‘My head began to throb violently, making me want to whimper in pain.’
- ‘The little girl fell silent, whimpering in pain from the tight grip he had on her hair.’
- ‘He whimpered, as the pain spread from his toes to his ankles and his arms to his barrel chest.’
- ‘Gillian whimpers as the dull pain in her side turns into a sharp throbbing pain.’
- ‘His protests do sound like whimpering, but that said, damn, can he ever pen a tune.’
- ‘Afraid for the first time of the darkness, he began to whimper in fear.’
- ‘‘Right now all you do is try not to squint or whimper at the pain, ’ he said as he began to walk behind her.’
- ‘Janie was crying, whimpering in pain and the fact that she couldn't even try to bring her head back inside, such was her hurt.’
- ‘The man on the table whimpered at the sound of the metal hook, clattering to the floor.’
- ‘Yesterday John lay in Sulaimania emergency hospital, whimpering with pain.’
- ‘It would have been sort of amusing if I wasn't whimpering with pain and olfactory overload.’
- ‘As she drove to Wythenshawe Hospital, she says, Flynn started to have difficulty breathing and was whimpering in pain.’
- ‘One of them planted a punch into his stomach, causing the Doctor to sink to his knees, whimpering in pain.’
- ‘Alla said children whimpered in fear, and all around there was screaming and crying.’
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