Clues for the word "WHISPER"
We've had 12 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 26 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on November 30, 2025.
Definition of whisper
- v. i. - 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. See Whisper, n.
- n. - To make a low, sibilant sound or noise.
- n. - To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
- v. t. - To utter in a low and nonvocal tone; to say under the breath; hence, to mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.
- v. t. - To address in a whisper, or low voice.
- v. t. - To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.
- n. - A low, soft, sibilant voice or utterance, which can be heard only by those near at hand; voice or utterance that employs only breath sound without tone, friction against the edges of the vocal cords and arytenoid cartilages taking the place of the vibration of the cords that produces tone; sometimes, in a limited sense, the sound produced by such friction as distinguished from breath sound made by friction against parts of the mouth. See Voice, n., 2, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 153, 154.
- n. - A cautious or timorous speech.
- n. - Something communicated in secret or by whispering; a suggestion or insinuation.
- n. - A low, sibilant sound.
Referring Clues
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - November 30, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 28, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 06, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 13, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 31, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 16, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - March 17, 2024
- Daily Quick - March 08, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - February 24, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 29, 2023
- Penny Dell Sunday - November 19, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 19, 2023
- Your Life Choices - August 28, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 26, 2023
- Daily Quick - June 06, 2023
- Penny Dell Sunday - May 14, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - October 20, 2022
- New Zealand Herald - September 01, 2022
- Guardian Quick - January 03, 2018
- New York Times - October 13, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 25, 2017
- Daily Quick - June 06, 2017
- LA Times - July 15, 2012
- LA Times - March 07, 2011
- Guardian Cryptic - December 30, 2009
- New York Times - March 15, 1997