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whispering

[hwis-per-ing, wis-]

noun

  1. whispered talk or conversation.

  2. rumor, hearsay, or gossip.

  3. a whispered sound.



adjective

  1. that whispers; making a sound like a whisper.

  2. like a whisper.

  3. given to whispering; gossipy.

  4. conversing in whispers.

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Other Word Forms

  • whisperingly adverb
  • half-whisperingly adverb
  • unwhispering adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of whispering1

before 1000; Middle English (noun), Old English hwisprunge. See whisper, -ing 2, -ing 1
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A secret hack to make your Tuesday night chicken taste like a five-star chef cooked it while whispering your name.

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"Instead of holding my wife’s hand in the delivery room, I was crouched on a detention center floor, whispering through a crackling phone line as she labored alone," Khalil wrote.

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However, there was broad and vociferous support for Baroness Kidron, a film director and digital rights campaigner, who accused ministers of being swayed by the "whisperings of Silicon Valley" asking them to "redefine theft".

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“They’re not afraid to use their voice. … I can call something, and then those two are kind of whispering about how they’re going to run an audible, and it almost always works.”

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But given the creepy whispering and ominous music Cregger is serving up, I’m guessing something more sinister is at work here.

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