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whispering
 
Adjective whispering has 1 sense
  1. murmuring, susurrant, whispering - making a low continuous indistinct sound; "like murmuring waves"; "susurrant voices"
    Antonym: loud (indirect, via soft)
Noun whispering has 2 senses
  1. rustle, rustling, whisper, whispering - the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
    --1 is a kind of noise
  2. whisper, whispering, susurration - speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
    --2 is a kind of speaking, speech production
    --2 has particulars: stage whisper
    Derived form: verb whisper1
Verb whisper has 1 sense
  1. whisper - speak softly; in a low voice
    --1 is one way to     talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
    Antonyms: shout
    Derived forms: noun whisper1, noun whisperer1, noun whispering2
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue whisper
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