whisper
IPA: wˈɪspɝ
noun
- The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially, without vibration of the vocal cords.
- (usually in the plural) A rumor.
- (figurative) A faint trace or hint (of something).
- A low rustling sound, like that of the wind in leaves.
- (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room.
verb
- (intransitive) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound.
- (transitive) To mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.
- (intransitive) To make a low, sibilant sound.
- (intransitive) To speak with suspicion or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
- (transitive, obsolete) To address in a whisper, or low voice.
- (transitive, obsolete) To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.
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Examples of "whisper" in Sentences
- You just have to/* whisper ... whisper ... whisper*/
- My whisper is not simply a direct message sent to everyone; that would defeat the point.
- The Hotel Montana in Port Au Prince collapsed into a mess of masonry with nary a whisper from the pile.
- At last, there came a little rustling, whispering sound, all round the window: _rustle, whisper, whisper_.
- The urge to spend is strong, especially with what I call the "whisper crew" -- friends, relatives, hangers-on, etc. -- surrounding them.
- Unions and Democrats are routinely found, again and again, to be embezzling massive amounts of money, with barely a whisper from the media.
- So I left Benicia, where John Barleycorn had nearly got me, and ranged wider afield in pursuit of the whisper from the back of life to come and find.
- After offering it for about $17 million without success in what is called a "whisper listing," he officially listed the apartment for $14.85 million in January 2009.
- Not a whisper from the right on the fiscal madness of that or actually Cutting Taxes irresponsibly while troops suffered in the field for lack of good armor protection.
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