WHISPER
\wˈɪspə], \wˈɪspə], \w_ˈɪ_s_p_ə]\
Definitions of WHISPER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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. See Whisper, n.
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To make a low, sibilant sound or noise.
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To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
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To address in a whisper, or low voice.
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To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.
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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, // 5, 153, 154.
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Something communicated in secret or by whispering; a suggestion or insinuation.
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A low, sibilant sound.
By Oddity Software
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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. See Whisper, n.
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To make a low, sibilant sound or noise.
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To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
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To address in a whisper, or low voice.
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To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.
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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, // 5, 153, 154.
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Something communicated in secret or by whispering; a suggestion or insinuation.
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A low, sibilant sound.
By Noah Webster.
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To speak in a low voice; to speak softly or under the breath; to make a hissing sound.
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To say under the breath; speak of privately.
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A low, soft tone of voice; speech under the breath without tone; a secret or private utternace; a hint or suggestion; a soft, rustling soung.
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Whisperer.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Whisperer.
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To utter in a whisper.
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To speak in a whisper; speak with caution; devise mischief; rustle.
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An articulated but not sonant breath; also, a low, rustling sound; a secret communication.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To speak with a low sound: to speak very softly: to plot secretly.
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To utter in a low voice or under the breath.
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A low, hissing voice or sound: cautious or timorous speaking.
By Daniel Lyons
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