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whispering

1. whis.per.ing n 1a: whispered speech  1b: GOSSIP, RUMOR  2: a sibilant 
   sound : WHISPER 
2. whispering \-p(*-)rin-le-\ aj : spreading confidential and esp. 
   derogatory reports {~ tongues c an poison truth -S.T. Coleridge} - 
   whis.per.ing.ly av