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rumour

DEFINITIONS OF: rumour

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n gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

Synonyms:
hearsay, rumor
Type of:
comment, gossip, scuttlebutt
a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people

v tell or spread rumors

Synonyms:
bruit, rumor
Type of:
dish the dirt, gossip
wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
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