how to pronounce whimper

/ˈwɪm.pəɹ/

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whimper is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of whimper in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… a bang but with a whimper eventually the …”

meaning of whimper

Whimper is a sound made by a small animal, usually a dog, cat, or horse, when it is hurt or frightened.

whimper frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word whimper occurs in english on average 0.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics whimper can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that whimper can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;