simper out
English
editEtymology
editFrom simper.
Verb
editsimper out (third-person singular simple present simpers out, present participle simpering out, simple past and past participle simpered out)
- (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.”