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.
2
To mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.
3
To make a low, sibilant sound.
4
To speak with suspicion or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.