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

  • (..) - Excuse me. - Certainly. Oh, Anakin. - - I’ve missed you, Padmé. There were whispers that you’d been killed. I’m all right. It feels like we’ve been apart for a lifetime. And it might have been, if the chancellor hadn’t been kidnapped. I don’t think they would have (..)
    2005 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith