stage whisper

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stage whisper

n.
1. The conventional whisper of an actor, intended to be heard by the audience but supposedly inaudible to others on stage.
2. A whisper that can be or is intended to be overheard.
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stage whisper

n
1. (Theatre) a loud whisper from one actor to another on stage intended to be heard by the audience
2. any loud whisper that is intended to be overheard
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stage′ whis`per


n.
1. a loud whisper on a stage, meant to be heard by the audience.
2. any loud whisper.
[1860–65]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.stage whisper - 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
whisper, whispering, susurration, voicelessness - speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
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Translations
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stage whisper

n (fig) → sussurro perfettamente udibile
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"Never mind, honey," his imperturbable wife assured him in a stage whisper. "We'll just ditch that dog and get a regular one.
"He doesn't like snakes!" she said, in a stage whisper. "Now, isn't that an unreasonable aversion?
(9) During performance of the "low-effort whisper," no subjects exhibited vocal fold contact, whereas 3 of 5 subjects exhibited vocal fold contact during "high effort whisper" or "stage whisper." The authors noted that subjects intermittently switched between the two modes of whispering without being conscious of their behavior.
On the other hand, when my aunt was celebrating her jubilee as a Religious of the Good Shepherd, the sister sharing her pew offered her a copy of the formula to renew her vows, to which Aunt Marie replied in a most unsubtle stage whisper, "I have repeated them every morning for 65 years.
My pal was doing a great job of talking his way out of things, when a little stage whisper in his head suggested: 'Say this, it'll be hilarious'; so, in a voice he swears was not his own, he blurted: 'Just one question mate, does Godzilla not speak or do ye, as his keeper like, just translate.' Pow!
In a not-so-subtle way, she said in a generally heard stage whisper, "When did he die?" The proposal failed.
As Kinnock gets wired up for the interview his wife, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, a former Prime Minister of Denmark no less, asks in a stage whisper "Why are you doing this now?" "Umm...I don't know." he replied.
I drew him to one side and, in a stage whisper, urged: "Be a little more risque - sex it up a bit."
THE Navigator-in-Chief, in an urgent stage whisper, said: "Stop, they'll think you've gone mad." She may be right.
"When he stopped to open the door for her to step inside I said in a loud stage whisper: "Oh do I wish we had been able to get into Tito's tonight.'' "Annis heard me, as I hoped he would, and turned and looked at us.
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