simper out

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Etymology

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From simper.

Verb

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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.
    • 1843, Jenkins, Punch, Volume 5, page 56:
      [1] Every time he twirls about, we simper out, 'C'est beau!'
    • 1851, W.H.G. Kingston, The Pirate of the Mediterranean: A Tale of the Sea[2]:
      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.
    • 2017, Jacob Oller, “'It' Trailer Moments That Need a Closer Look”, in Hollywood Reporter:
      Bill Skarsgard finally gets to creak and simper out his first line as It: “Here, take it.”

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