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
- He whispered in her ears.
- You are allowed to whisper.
- Who is the person whispering
- People tend to whisper in public.
- In the verses, Farmer is whispering.
- They should whisper in the classroom.
- They were taught to whisper in public.
- She was whispering something in the E.R.
- But Ipbun rubs the root gently whispering.
- Sometimes it was a whispering voice in the night.
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