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Stage whisper   /steɪdʒ wˈɪspər/   Listen
Stage whisper

noun
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.





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"Stage whisper" Quotes from Famous Books



... effectively. Some of those Socialists, he said, were well-meaning but mistaken people, who did not realize the harm that would result if their extraordinary ideas were ever put into practice. He lowered his voice to a blood-curdling stage whisper ...
— The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists • Robert Tressell
... up on the Boss in a stage whisper that whirls him around as if he'd been on a string. Not wantin' to butt in ahead of my number, I sort of loafed around just outside the ropes, but near enough to block a foul. Now, I don't know just all they said, nor ...
— Shorty McCabe • Sewell Ford


Words linked to "Stage whisper" :   susurration, whispering, whisper, voicelessness


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