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rumor

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈɹuːmə(ɹ)/ (UK)
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/ˈɹuːmə(ɹ)/ (UK) · /ˈɹumɚ/ (US)

Definition of rumor

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US, countable)A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
    “There's a rumor going round that he's going to get married.”
    “vile rumor”
    “a rumor going round”
    “vicious rumors”
    “spread a rumor”
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noun

  1. (US, countable)A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
    “There's a rumor going round that he's going to get married.”
    “vile rumor”
    “a rumor going round”
    “vicious rumors”
    “spread a rumor”
  2. (US, uncountable)Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.
    “They say he used to be a thief, but that's just rumor.”
  3. (US, archaic, uncountable)Report, news, information in general.
    “It stands a city aloof. There hath been no rumour of it—I alone have dreamed of it, and I may not be sure that my dreams are true.”
  4. (US, obsolete, uncountable)Fame, reputation.
  5. (US, obsolete, uncountable)Clamor, din, outcry.

verb

  1. (US, transitive, usually)To tell a rumor about; to gossip.
    “John is rumored to be next in line for a promotion.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumeur, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to shout, to roar”).

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