a whimpering sound:she gave a little whimper of protest
[in singular] a feeble or anticlimactic tone or ending:their first appearance in the top flight ended with a whimper rather than a bang
[with allusion to T. S. Eliot's ‘This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper’ (Hollow Men, 1925)]
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make a series of low, feeble sounds expressive of fear, pain, or unhappiness:a child in a bed nearby began to whimper (as adjective whimpering)a low whimpering sound
[with direct speech] say something in a low, feeble voice that expresses fear, pain, or unhappiness:‘He’s not dead, is he?’ she whimpered
