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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 cast
Familiarity information: STAGE WHISPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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