Meaning

2 senses
  1. A line that is performed on stage as if it were whispered, but is spoken loud enough for the audience to hear.

    гро́мкий шёпотgrómkij šópot, театра́льный шёпотteatrálʹnyj šópot, в сто́ронуv stóronu

    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

  2. (broadly)Any loud whisper intended to be overheard.

Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
(theater) A line that is performed on stage as if it were whispered, but is spoken loud enough for the audience to hear:

Origin

stage + whisper

stage + whisper

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Forms

plural: stage whispers

See also

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