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

  • (..) Bijenhoning. Our honey. And I intend to overcome going to do. Barry stopper. - Who has told you that people steal our honey? That is only a rumor. - Does that look like a rumor? This is a samenzwerings theory, which pictures are clearly manipulated. Barry, how are you this had affected? (..)
    2007 Bee Movie