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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The conventional whisper of an actor, intended to be heard by the audience but supposedly inaudible to others on stage.
- noun A whisper that can be or is intended to be overheard.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A loud whisper used in by-play by an actor in a theater; an aside; hence, a whisper meant to be heard by those to whom it is not professedly addressed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun theater A
line that isperformed on stage as if it werewhispered , but is spokenloud enough that theaudience can hear. - verb Alternative spelling of
stage-whisper .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
Etymologies
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stage + whisper
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