"Not with a bang, but with" this cry with low, plaintive, broken sounds
[DOC] [TLE] whimper - definition, etymology and usage, examples and related ... [PAR] v whimper cry weakly or softly "she wailed with pain"; n whimper a complaint 
uttered in a plaintive whining way; *** ... n Whimper A low, whining, broken cry; a 
low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or ....