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stage whisper
noun
- a loud whisper on a stage, meant to be heard by the audience.
- any whisper loud enough to be overheard.
stage whisper
noun
- a loud whisper from one actor to another onstage intended to be heard by the audience
- any loud whisper that is intended to be overheard
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stage whisper1
First recorded in 1860–65
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Idioms and Phrases
A whisper loud enough to be overheard, as in Our three-year-old behaved beautifully at the ceremony, but then he asked in a stage whisper, “Why does that lady have blue hair?” This expression alludes to an actor's whisper on stage, which is meant to be heard by the audience. [Mid-1800s]Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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