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rumour(dictionary)

rumour (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: rumour, from Latin rumor]
information or a story that is passed from one person to another and which may or may not be true
rumour about/of
::I've heard all sorts of rumours about him and his secretary.
rumour that
::There's an unsubstantiated rumour that Eddie's bankrupt.
:: Rumour has it that Jean's getting married again.
::Where did the rumour start?
a rumour spreads/goes around
::A malicious rumour went round that Philip had something to do with the murder.
the rumour mill
the people, considered as a group, who discuss something and pass rumours to each other
::His name has come up in the rumour mill as a possible director for the project.