whisper : Idioms & Phrases
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self-whispered
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adjective satellite as if whispered to yourself
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Stage whisper
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noun a loud whisper that can be overheard; on the stage it is heard by the audience but it supposed to be inaudible to the rest of the cast
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- a loud whisper, as by an actor in a theater, supposed, for dramatic effect, to be unheard by one or more of his fellow actors, yet audible to the audience; an aside.
Webster 1913
whispering bells
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noun viscid herb of arid or desert habitats of southwestern United States having pendulous yellow flowers
California yellow bells; Emmanthe penduliflora; yellow bells.
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whispering campaign
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noun the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate
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whispering dome
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noun a space beneath a dome or arch in which sounds produced at certain points are clearly audible at certain distant points
whispering dome.
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whispering gallery
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noun a space beneath a dome or arch in which sounds produced at certain points are clearly audible at certain distant points
whispering dome.