Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whimpering

/wˈɪmpɚɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: whim-per-ing
IPA: /wˈɪmpɚɪŋ/

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of whimper

noun

The sound of one who whimpers; a whimper; a feeble complaint.

Example Sentences

"And my sea-birds made a great confusion in the awful calm, filling it with flashing pinions and plaintive whimperings, and settling into the shape of a dome all formed of beating wings, in which I on my ship and the tridentiferous god of the sea were enclosed, face to face."
"As I lay waiting I could hear a sort of murmurousness beyond the door. It seemed composed of whimperings, slitherings, and shufflings, punctuated occasionally by a raised voice in the distance."

Inflected Forms

whimperings (plural)

Phrases

hog-whimpering

Questions

How do you pronounce whimpering?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɪmpɚɪŋ/.
What does whimpering mean?: present participle and gerund of whimper

How to pronounce whimpering

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “whimpering”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/wˈɪmpɚɪŋ/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “whimpering”.
Repeat and practice — Say “whimpering” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.