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whispering |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whisper \Whis"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whispered}; p. pr & vb n. {Whispering}.] [AS. hwisprian akin to G. wispern, wispeln, OHG. hwispal?n, Icel. hv[=i]skra, Sw hviska Dan. hviske of imitative origin. Cf {Whistle}.] 1. 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. 2. To make a low sibilant sound or noise. The hollow, whispering breeze. --Thomson. 3. To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting. All that hate me whisper together against me --Ps. xli. 7. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whispering \Whis"per*ing\, a. & n. from {Whisper}. v. t. {Whispering gallery}, or {Whispering dome}, one of such a form that sounds produced in certain parts of it are concentrated by reflection from the walls to another part so that whispers or feeble sounds are audible at a much greater distance than under ordinary circumstances. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: whispering adj : making a low continuous indistinct sound; "like murmuring waves"; "susurrant voices" [syn: {murmuring}, {susurrant}] n : the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind [syn: {rustle}, {rustling}, {whisper}]
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