- Rumour - Soft speech - Speak softly - Talk very softly - 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. - To make a low, sibilant sound or noise. - To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse
in whispers, as in secret plotting.