noun. Soft speech produced without using the full voice.

noun. Something uttered very softly.

noun. A secretly or surreptitiously expressed belief, rumor, or hint.

noun. A low rustling sound.

intransitive verb. To speak softly.

intransitive verb. To speak quietly and privately, as by way of gossip, slander, or intrigue.

intransitive verb. To make a soft rustling sound.

intransitive verb. To utter very softly.

intransitive verb. To say or tell privately or secretly.

noun. The utterance of words with the breath not made vocal; a low, soft, rustling voice.

noun. A whispered word, remark, or conversation.

noun. A secret hint, suggestion, or insinuation.

noun. A low, rustling sound of whispering, or a similar sound, as of the wind.

noun. Specifically, in medicine, the sound of the whispering voice transmitted to the ear of the auscultator placed against the chest-wall.

To speak without uttering voice or sonant breath; speak with a low, rustling voice; speak softly or under the breath; converse in whispers: often implying plotting, evil-speaking, and the like.

To make a low, rustling sound, like that of a whisper.

To utter in a low non-vocal tone; say under the breath; state or communicate in whispers: often implying plotting, slanderous talk, etc.

To address or inform in a whisper or low voice, especially with the view of avoiding publicity: elliptical for whisper to.

intransitive verb. 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.

intransitive verb. To make a low, sibilant sound or noise.

intransitive verb. To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.

noun. 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.

noun. A cautious or timorous speech.

noun. Something communicated in secret or by whispering; a suggestion or insinuation.

noun. A low, sibilant sound.

transitive verb. To utter in a low and nonvocal tone; to say under the breath; hence, to mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.

transitive verb. To address in a whisper, or low voice.

transitive verb. To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.

noun. The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially, without vibration of the vocal cords.

noun. A rumor.

noun. A faint trace or hint (of something).

noun. A private message to an individual in a chat room.

verb. To talk in a quiet voice.

noun. a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

verb. speak softly; in a low voice

noun. speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords

"At last, there came a little rustling, whispering sound, all round the window: _rustle, whisper, whisper_."

shout  vociferate  

bustle  caver nous whisper  pig's whisper  rustle  whispered bronchophony  

mouth  noise  speak  talk  utter  

crisper  

accent  breath  chuckle  cry  echo  

advice  alert  alerting  articulate  aspirate  

voice  

whispered  whispering  whispers