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rumor (noun)

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  • rumor mill — noun A group or network of persons who originate or promulgate gossip and other unsubstantiated claims. For months the Washington rumor mill has ground out gossip about who might replace U.S. Ambassador Frederick E. Nolting Jr …   Wiktionary

  • rumor — noun do you think the talk of her resignation is fact or just rumor? the latest rumors say they re eloping Syn: gossip, hearsay, talk, tittle tattle, speculation, word; (rumors) reports, stories, whispers, canards; informal grapevine, word on the …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • rumor campaign — noun A method of persuasion in which damaging rumors or innuendo are deliberately spread concerning a person or other target, while the source of the rumors tries to avoid detection. Syn: whisper campaign …   Wiktionary

  • rumor — ru|mor [ rumər ] noun count or uncount ** unofficial information that may or may not be true: rumor about/of: He d heard rumors about some big financial deal. Now there are rumors of wedding plans. rumor that: He denied rumors that a hundred… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • rumor — 1. noun /ˈɹuː.mə,ˈɹuː.mɚ/ a) A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth. Theres a rumor going round that hes going to get married …   Wiktionary

  • rumor — I. noun Etymology: Middle English rumour, from Anglo French, from Latin rumor clamor, gossip; akin to Old English rēon to lament, Sanskrit rauti he roars Date: 14th century 1. talk or opinion widely disseminated with no discernible source 2. a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • rumor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. report, hearsay, gossip, common talk. See information, news. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Common talk] Syn. hearsay, gossip, report, news, tidings, intelligence, dispatch, scandal, tittle tattle, word of… …   English dictionary for students

  • rumor — I noun gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth (Freq. 14) • Syn: ↑rumour, ↑hearsay • Derivationally related forms: ↑rumour (for: ↑rumour) …   Useful english dictionary

  • rumour — (BrE) (AmE rumor) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ malicious, nasty, scurrilous, ugly, vicious ▪ baseless, false, unconfirmed, u …   Collocations dictionary

  • rumour — ru‧mour [ˈruːmə ǁ ər] , rumor noun [countable, uncountable] information that is passed from one person to another and which may or may not be true: • A spokesman denied rumours that the company was considering abandoning the U.S. market. * * *… …   Financial and business terms

  • rumour — (US rumor) noun a currently circulating story or report of unverified or doubtful truth. verb (be rumoured) be circulated as a rumour. Origin ME: from OFr. rumur, from L. rumor noise …   English new terms dictionary

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