speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
"She managed to whisper his name so quietly that not even her own throat seemed to vibrate."
a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
"The sudden whisper of her silk dress against the floor startled me as she walked into the room."
The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially, without vibration of the vocal cords.
"She leaned close to whisper her secret so softly that even she felt no sound leaving her throat."
speak softly; in a low voice
"She leaned close to her friend and whispered the secret so no one else could hear."
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.
"She leaned close and whispered her secret directly into my ear so no one else could hear."