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Noun: stage whisper  steyj'wis-pu(r)
  1. 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
    "The actor delivered his aside in a stage whisper"

Derived forms: stage whispers

Type of: susurration [literary], voicelessness, whisper, whispering

Encyclopedia: Stage whisper