(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
When you ~, you say something very quietly, using your breath rather than your throat, so that only one person can hear you.
‘Keep your voice down,’ I ~ed...
She sat on Rossi’s knee as he ~ed in her ear...
He ~ed the message to David...
Somebody ~ed that films like that were illegal...
She ~ed his name.
VERB: V with quote, V prep, V n prep, V that, V n
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Whisper is also a noun.
Men were talking in ~s in every office.
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2.
If people ~ about a piece of information, they talk about it, although it might not be true or accurate, or might be a secret.
Today, we no longer gasp when we hear a teenage girl is pregnant or ~ about unmarried couples who live together...
It is ~ed that he intended to resign...
But don’t ~ a word of that.
VERB: V about wh/n, it be V-ed that, V n
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Whisper is also a noun.
I’ve heard a ~ that the Bishop intends to leave.
= rumour
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