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Definition of Rumor

1. Verb. Tell or spread rumors. "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"

2. Noun. Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth.

Definition of Rumor

1. n. A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.

2. v. t. To report by rumor; to tell.

Definition of Rumor

1. Noun. A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth. ¹

2. Noun. Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive usually used in the passive voice) To tell a rumor about; to gossip. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rumor

1. to spread by hearsay [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rumor

rummaging rummer rummers rummest rummier rummies rummiest rummily rummish rummy

rummy-nose tetra rummy nose rummy noses rumness rumnesses rumor (current term) rumor-monger rumor campaign rumor has it rumor mill

rumor monger rumored rumoredly rumorer rumoring rumormonger rumormongered rumormongering rumormongerings rumormongers

Literary usage of Rumor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1903)
"that there was such a rumor "with some people, but not with the mass"; and the witness Dr. O'Brien stated that the plaintiff's general character Is good, ..."

2. History of Prussia by Herbert Tuttle, Herbert Baxter Adams (1888)
"A rumor- rumor which agitated the literary circles of Berlin in 1749 ascribed to him the critical remark that Canitz was the first and the last of German ..."

3. History of Prussia by Herbert Tuttle, Herbert Baxter Adams (1888)
"A rumor- rumor which agitated the literary circles of Berlin in 1749 ascribed to him the critical remark that Canitz was the first and the last of German ..."

4. The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot by Chicago Commission on Race Relations (1922)
"Concerted retaliatory race action showed itself in the Italian district around Taylor and Loomis streets when rumor said that a little Italian girl had been ..."

5. The United States Magazine and Democratic Review by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1846)
"Tliis has given rise to a rumor that the publication of the Review is suspended. ... that rumor, and this notice will explain its origin. ..."

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