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Whisper
WHISPER, v.i. [L. The word seems by its sound to be an onomatopy, as it expresses a sibilant sound or breathing.]
1. To speak with a low hissing or sibilant voice. It is ill manners to whisper in company.
The hollow whispring breeze--
2. To speak with suspicion or timorous caution.
3. To plot secretly; to devise in mischief.
All that hate me whisper together against me. Psa 41.
WHISPER, v.t.
1. To address in a low voice. He whispers the man in the ear. [But this is elliptical for whispers to.]
2. To utter in a low sibilant voice. He whispered a word in my ear.
3. To prompt secretly; as, the came to whisper Woolsey.
WHISPER, n.
1. A low soft sibilant voice; or words uttered with such a voice.
The whisper cannot give a tone.
Soft whispers through the assembly went.
2. A cautious or timorous speech.
3. A hissing or buzzing sound.
whisper appears in definitions for these words:
Audible Auricularly Buzz Buzzer Buzzing Chief Comparison Infusion Inkling Insusurration Joyous Pant Pickthank Representative Roun Round Soft Spoil Susurration Vibrant Whisper Whisperer Whistle
Audible Auricularly Buzz Buzzer Buzzing Chief Comparison Infusion Inkling Insusurration Joyous Pant Pickthank Representative Roun Round Soft Spoil Susurration Vibrant Whisper Whisperer Whistle
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