1. Soft speech produced without using the full voice. 2. Something uttered very softly: overheard his whisper. 3. A secretly or surreptitiously expressed belief, rumor, or hint: whispers of scandal. 4. A low rustling sound: the whisper of wind in the pines. v. whis·pered, whis·per·ing, whis·pers. v.intr. 1. To speak softly. 2.
whisper verb (SUGGEST) [ + that ] to suggest privately that something might be true: People are whispering that she's going to retire next year. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of whispering from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Whispering is what you do when you speak so softly that you can barely be heard. Most teachers have a rule that there's no whispering allowed while the class is taking a test. Whispering involves using your breath, rather than your vocal cords, to speak very quietly.
Whispering is an unvoiced mode of phonation in which the vocal cords are abducted so that they do not vibrate; air passes between the arytenoid cartilages to create audible turbulence during speech. [1] . Supralaryngeal articulation remains the same as in normal speech.
to suggest privately that something might be true: People are whispering that she's going to retire next year. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. whisper. noun. us / ˈwɪs.pɚ / uk / ˈwɪs.pə r/ whisper noun (SPEECH) [ C ] a way of speaking very quietly, using the breath but not the voice, so that only the person close to you can hear you:
Check pronunciation: whisper. Definition of whisper verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to speak to or tell (a person) in a whisper or privately. noun. the mode of utterance, or the voice, of a person who whispers: to speak in a whisper. a word or remark uttered by whispering. a rumor or insinuation: Whispers circulated about the affair. a soft, rustling sound like a whisper: the whisper of leaves in the wind. whisper. / ˈwɪspə / verb