whimpering

  • 1whimpering — index querulous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 2Whimpering — Whimper Whim per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whimpered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whimpering}.] [Cf. Scot. whimmer, G. wimmern.] To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain; as, a child whimpers. [1913 Webster] Was there ever yet preacher… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3whimpering — Synonyms and related words: Jeremianic, bawling, blubbering, complaining, cry, crying, dissolved in tears, faultfinding, fit of crying, flood of tears, fretful, good cry, greet, howling, in tears, lachryma, lachrymal, lachrymose, lachrymosity,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 4whimpering — n. soft fitful cry, sporadic sob; act of whining whim·per || hwɪmpÉ™(r) / w n. soft fitful cry, sporadic sob v. whine, cry with low broken sounds, snivel …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 5whimpering —   Nēnē …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 6whimpering — whimˈpering noun and adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑whimper …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 7hog-whimpering — adj British a. abject, bestial, helpless b. abjectly or bestially drunk ► Old Ollie was absolutely hog whimpering last night. A colourful term popular among Sloane Rangers in Britain from the mid 1970s. The word is probably an original public… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 8Dog communication — It is important to look at the dog s whole body and not just the mouth or tail before deciding what the dog is trying to communicate. What appears initially as aggression might be an invitation to play. Dog communication refers to body movements… …

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  • 9Brian Easton — (born 1943) is an economist from New Zealand. He has been economics columnist for the New Zealand Listener magazine for more than 20 years, giving him a high public profile. He has held a number of university teaching posts but currently works as …

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  • 10whimper — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little, slight (esp. AmE), small, soft (esp. AmE) ▪ frightened (esp. AmE), pathetic VERB + WHIMPER …

    Collocations dictionary