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SUSURRATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does susurrate mean?
• SUSURRATE (verb)
The verb SUSURRATE has 1 sense:
1. issue soft noises
Familiarity information: SUSURRATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Issue soft noises
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "susurrate" is one way to...):
murmur (speak softly or indistinctly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
susurrant (making a low continuous indistinct sound)
susurration (speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords)
susurration; susurrus (the indistinct sound of people whispering)
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