whimp, v. local.
(hwɪmp)
In 6 whympe, 9 wimp.
[Echoic.]
intr. To whimper. Hence as n.
| 1549 Latimer 3rd Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 77 Sainte Paule sayed. There shall be intractabiles, that wil whympe and whine. 1890 Glouc. Gloss., Wimp, to whine; of a dog. 1925 Blackw. Mag. Aug. 169/2 ‘Don't whimp,’ I said to Irene. ‘I am not whimping, daddy.’ Ibid. 173/1 This was something beyond a whimp. |