whisper

Definition

  • noun: a very soft and quiet way of speaking
  • verb: to speak very softly or quietly
  • verb: to speak softly with little or no vibration of the vocal cords especially to avoid being overheard
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: advice, alert, alerting

Examples

  • I expected to hear back from them but I never heard a 'whisper'. [=I never heard from them again]

  • “I've had more than I can stand,” she complained in a 'stage whisper'.

  • I couldn't hear what they were saying because they were 'whispering'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) and I will suck it out. Now, I will not cast this ghost out with a fever for the new spirit inside me has shown me I have a new way to communicate. It is a gentle whisper. Get out of here, ghost. Get out of here, ghost. Get out. Get out of here, ghost. Get out of here, ghost. (..)
    2007 There Will Be Blood
  • (..) Yes, last night, I had a vision and I felt God's breath move through me. And it rolled down into my stomach. It sloshed around. And my stomach spoke in a whisper, not a shout, "Touch this woman with your hands and caress her." Yes. My dear Mrs. Hunter, you have arthritis, don't you? (..)
    2007 There Will Be Blood