WHISPER

[noun] [C]I heard whispers outside my room.His usually forceful voice was lowered to a barely audible whisper.She said it in a whisper so I presumed it wasn't common knowledge. "You see," she said, lowering her voice to a whisper, "he hasn't been well recently."(figurative) I've heard a whisper (= People have suggested in secret) that they're heading for divorce. [+ that clause](figurative literary) The silence was broken only by the whisper (= soft low noise) of the leaves in the gentle breeze.