weep

Plural: weeps

Verb

Verb Forms: wept, weeping, weeps

To shed tears as an expression of sorrow or pain.
shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
To lament; to complain.
To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation.
To produce secretions.
To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation.
To flow in drops; to run in drops.
To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
To weep over; to bewail.

Noun

A session of crying.
A sob.
A red or reddish liquid that seeps out from raw muscular meat during storage, consisting mostly of water and protein; "meat juice".
A lapwing; wipe, especially, a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).

Examples

My opponent might weep after I play ’QUIXOTRY’ for a bingo on Words With Friends.
Sometimes you just have to have a good weep.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English wepen, from Old English wēpan (“to weep, complain, bewail, mourn over, deplore”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōpijan, from Proto-Germanic *wōpijaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂b- (“to call, cry, complain”).
Cognate with Scots wepe, weip (“to weep”), Saterland Frisian wapia (“to cry, complain”), Icelandic æpa (“to yell, shout”),
Proto-Slavic *vъpiti (“to weep”).

Synonyms

cry, beweep, burst into tears, cry one's eyes out, greet, purge, shed a tear, shed tears, squirt some, wail, weep

Antonyms

laugh

Scrabble Score: 9

weep: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
weep: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
weep: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

weep: valid Words With Friends Word