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SUSURRATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Issue soft noises

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "susurrate" is one way to...):

murmur (speak softly or indistinctly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

susurrant (making a low continuous indistinct sound)

susurration (speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords)

susurration; susurrus (the indistinct sound of people whispering)

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