[whispering] n (bef. 12c) 1 a: whispered speech b: gossip, rumor
2: a sibilant sound: whisper
[2]whispering adj (1547) 1: making a sibilant sound
2: spreading confidential and esp. derogatory reports "~ tongues can poison truth --S. T. Coleridge" -- whis.per.ing.ly adv