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rumor

Definition

  • noun: information or a story that is passed from person to person but has not been proven to be true
  • noun: talk or opinion widely disseminated with no discernible source
  • verb: to tell or spread by rumor
  • synonyms: notoriety, tell, report

Examples

  • The estate sold for a 'rumored' $12 million. [=people say that it sold for $12 million, but that may not be true]

  • It 'was rumored that' the factory was going to move overseas, but that turned out to be false.

  • That news should keep 'the rumor mill' churning/running/going for a while!

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) ScriptType: v. Collisions: Normal Timer: . Style: Default,Tahoma,- Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Good evening, Professor Dumbledore. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Are the rumors true, Albus? Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,l'm afraid so, professor.\NThe good and the bad. (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone