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What (who) is whimper - definition

SHEDDING TEARS AS A RESPONSE TO AN EMOTIONAL STATE IN HUMANS
Wept; Sobbing; Crying in humans; Cries; Cried; Emotional tears; Psychic tears; Blubbering; Sobbed; Sobber; Sobbers; Cry; Lacrimate; Bawling; Whimper; Whimpering; Tearful; Tearfully; 😢; 😭; 😿; Tearfulness; Draft:Tear-shedding
  • alt=a young child in a pink sweater crying and looking sad
  • alt=an Asian newborn crying and looking upset with its mouth open
  • King Pedro IV]] (also Emperor of Brazil as Pedro I), 1836
  • alt=two African women in patterned dresses and head scarfs crying at a funeral
  • A diagram showing the [[lacrimal apparatus]]
  • alt=a young olive skinned boy crying and looking demurred
  • alt=A Freshman in front of a well dressed crowd crying while appearing to be suppressing his emotions by pressing his lips and contorting his forehead
  • Descent from the Cross]]'', c. 1435 by [[Rogier van der Weyden]], the tears of [[Mary of Clopas]]

Whimper         
·vt To utter in alow, whining tone.
II. Whimper ·noun A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief.
III. Whimper ·vi To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to Whine; to Complain; as, a child whimpers.
whimper         
¦ verb make a series of low, feeble sounds expressive of fear, pain, or discontent.
¦ noun a whimpering sound.
Derivatives
whimperer noun
whimpering noun
whimperingly adverb
Origin
C16: from dialect whimp 'to whimper', of imitative origin.
whimper         
v. n.
Cry (in low and broken tones), whine.

Wikipedia

Crying

Crying is the dropping of tears (or welling of tears in the eyes) in response to an emotional state or pain. Emotions that can lead to crying include sadness, anger, and even happiness. The act of crying has been defined as "a complex secretomotor phenomenon characterized by the shedding of tears from the lacrimal apparatus, without any irritation of the ocular structures", instead, giving a relief which protects from conjunctivitis. A related medical term is lacrimation, which also refers to non-emotional shedding of tears. Various forms of crying are known as sobbing, weeping, wailing, whimpering, bawling, and blubbering.

For crying to be described as sobbing, it usually has to be accompanied by a set of other symptoms, such as slow but erratic inhalation, occasional instances of breath holding and muscular tremor.

A neuronal connection between the lacrimal gland and the areas of the human brain involved with emotion has been established.

Tears produced during emotional crying have a chemical composition which differs from other types of tears. They contain significantly greater quantities of the hormones prolactin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, and Leu-enkephalin, and the elements potassium and manganese.

Examples of use of whimper
1. She told investigators she heard the boy whimper.
2. Empires conquer with a roar, but topple with a whimper.
3. Why, then, did BBC Jam launch with such a whimper?
4. Some whimper at approaching trouble; others bark gamely.
5. But if the parents hovered, responding to every whimper and cry, the children remained highly anxious.