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susurration

noun
/ˌsu.səˈreɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From Latin susurratio.

  1. derived from susurratio

Definitions

  1. A low and indistinct whispering sound

    A low and indistinct whispering sound; a murmur.

    • Most of the Hummers are honey-lovers, and they extract the sweetest juices of the flowers. The "soft susurrations" of their wings, as they poise above the flowers, inserting their long beaks into tubes of nectar, announce their presence.
    • The rain was now falling more steadily, with a low, monotonous susurration, interrupted at long intervals by the sudden slashing of the boughs of the trees as the wind rose and failed.
    • "If only that last part is a translation…." said Dalton hopefully. Then the alien susurration ceased coming from the reproducer and he closed his mouth abruptly and leaned forward.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for susurration. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA