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simper out

simper out verb: to speak with a simper.

Verb

simper out (third-person singular simple present simpers out, present participle simpering out, simple past and past participle simpered out)

  1. (transitive) To speak with a simper.
    • https://books.google.com/books?id=YkwPAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=%2522simper+out%2522&source=bl&ots=IaEkMnau54&sig=ACfU3U2kp-na-8kTF4azNZf_LXqu0_IRwQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjkxfTau_roAhWTZs0KHbATA9kQ6AEwCXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=%2522simper%2520out%2522&f=false Every time he twirls about, we simper...1843, Jenkins, Punch, Volume 5, page 56
    • I hate your honey-mouthed, easy-going skippers, who simper out, 'Please, my good men, have the goodness to brace round the foreyard when the ship's taken aback.' No, no—give me a man who knows how to command men.1851, W.H.G. Kingston, The Pirate of the Mediterranean: A Tale of the Sea

Forms of simper out

third-person singular presentsimpers out
present participlesimpering out
past participlesimpered out
pastsimpered out

Origin of simper out

From simper.

Questions about simper out

What does simper out mean?
Simper out means to speak with a simper.
What part of speech is simper out?
Simper out is a verb.
What is the past tense of simper out?
The past tense of simper out is simpered out.

Words near simper out in the dictionary

  1. Simpang Ampat
  2. simpatico
  3. simped
  4. Simpelveld
  5. simper
  6. simper out
  7. simpered
  8. simpered out
  9. simperer
  10. simperers
  11. simpering

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