whispering

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)wɪspəɹɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Verb

whispering

1. present participle and gerund of whisper

Adjective

whispering (comparative more whispering, superlative most whispering)

1. That whispers.
2. Associated with whispers.

Derived terms

• whispering gallery
• Whispering Jack

Noun

whispering (plural whisperings)

1. Something that is whispered; gossip; a rumor.
2. The sound of whispers;
   • 1889 March, Walter Besant, “The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 266, number 1899, page 259:

     The tendency of modern science is to close this gate—though it can never stop the search for it—the vague desire after some kind of communication, some kind of poetic identification with the soul that reveals itself through the rolling year, the mysterious presence that is felt to lie behind the outbuddings of spring, the wealth and greenery of summer, with all its whisperings and music and rippling laughter, the blue of autumn, with its fruitage, its expansive horizons, its glory veiling temporary decay.

Derived terms

• horse-whispering
• whispering campaign

 

Translations

Something that is whispered

• Bulgarian: слух (bg) m (sluh), мълва (bg) f (mǎlva)
• French: chuchotement (fr) m
• German: Geflüster (de) n