The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially, without vibration of the vocal cords.

(usually in the plural) A rumor.

“There are whispers of rebellion all around.”

A faint trace or hint (of something).

“The soup had just a whisper of basil.”

To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound.

To mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.

To make a low, sibilant sound.