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STAGE WHISPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stage whisper mean? 

STAGE WHISPER (noun)
  The noun STAGE WHISPER has 1 sense:

1. a loud whisper that can be overheard; on the stage it is heard by the audience but it supposed to be inaudible to the rest of the castplay

  Familiarity information: STAGE WHISPER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STAGE WHISPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A loud whisper that can be overheard; on the stage it is heard by the audience but it supposed to be inaudible to the rest of the cast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("stage whisper" is a kind of...):

susurration; voicelessness; whisper; whispering (speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords)


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