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whisper
( whispers plural & 3rd person present) ( whispering present participle) ( whispered past tense & past participle )

1       verb   When you whisper, you say something very quietly, using your breath rather than your throat, so that only one person can hear you.
`Keep your voice down,' I whispered...      V with quote
She sat on Rossi's knee as he whispered in her ear...      V prep
He whispered the message to David...      V n prep
Somebody whispered that films like that were illegal...      V that
She whispered his name.      V n
      Whisper is also a noun., n-count
Men were talking in whispers in every office.

2       verb   If people whisper about a piece of information, they talk about it, although it might not be true or accurate, or might be a secret.
Today, we no longer gasp when we hear a teenage girl is pregnant or whisper about unmarried couples who live together...      V about wh/n
It is whispered that he intended to resign...      it be V-ed that
But don't whisper a word of that.      V n
      Whisper is also a noun., n-count   (=rumour)
I've heard a whisper that the Bishop intends to leave.

stage whisper ( stage whispers plural ) , stage-whisper If someone says something in a stage whisper, they say it as if they are speaking privately to one person, although it is actually loud enough to be heard by other people. n-count

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whisper
vb

1 breathe, murmur, say softly, speak in hushed tones, utter under the breath

2 gossip, hint, insinuate, intimate, murmur, spread rumours

3 hiss, murmur, rustle, sigh, sough, susurrate (literary) swish
n

4 hushed tone, low voice, murmur, soft voice, undertone

5 hiss, murmur, rustle, sigh, sighing, soughing, susurration or susurrus (literary) swish

6 breath, fraction, hint, shadow, suggestion, suspicion, tinge, trace, whiff

7      (informal)   buzz, dirt     (U.S. slang)   gossip, innuendo, insinuation, report, rumour, scuttlebutt     (U.S. slang)   word

Antonyms

1 bawl, bellow, clamour, roar, shout, thunder, yell

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stage whisper, stage-whisper, whisker, whimper

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