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Definition of whisper

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Whisper (n.) A low, soft, sibilant voice or utterance, which can be heard only by those near at hand; voice or utterance that employs only breath sound without tone, friction against the edges of the vocal cords and arytenoid cartilages taking the place of the vibration of the cords that produces tone; sometimes, in a limited sense, the sound produced by such friction as distinguished from breath sound made by friction against parts of the mouth. See Voice, n., 2, and Guide to Pronunciation, //

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Voice :: Voice (v. t.) To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper.

Insusurration :: Insusurration (n.) The act of whispering into something.

Whisperer :: Whisperer (n.) A tattler; one who tells secrets; a conveyer of intelligence secretly; hence; a backbiter; one who slanders secretly.

Whisperingly :: Whisperingly (adv.) In a whisper, or low voice; in a whispering manner; with whispers..

Whispering :: Whispering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whispe.

Whisper :: Whisper (n.) A low, sibilant sound..

Surd :: Surd (a.) Uttered, as an element of speech, without tone, or proper vocal sound; voiceless; unintonated; nonvocal; atonic; whispered; aspirated; sharp; hard, as f, p, s, etc.; -- opposed to sonant. See Guide to Pronunciation, //169, 179, 180..

Susurringly :: Susurration (n.) A whispering; a soft murmur.

Whispering :: Whispering () a. & n. from Whisper. v. t.

Susurrus :: Susurrous (a.) Whispering; rustling; full of whispering sounds.

Rown :: Rown (v. i. & t.) To whisper.

Round :: Round (v. i. & t.) To whisper.

Whisperer :: Whisperer (n.) One who whispers.

Whisper :: Whisper (n.) To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting..

Whisper :: Whisper (n.) To make a low, sibilant sound or noise..

Whisper :: Whisper (v. t.) To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.

Wheeze :: Wheeze (n.) An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the stage whisper. It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone..

Soft :: Soft (superl.) Not harsh or rough in sound; gentle and pleasing to the ear; flowing; as, soft whispers of music..

Buzz :: Buzz (n.) A whisper; a report spread secretly or cautiously.

Vowel :: Vowel (n.) A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each case giving to each several vowel its distinctive character or quality as a sound of speech; -- distinguished from a consonant in that the latter, whether made with or without vocality, derives its character in every case from some kind of obstructive action by the mouth organs. Also, a letter or character which represents such a sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 1