rumor

²rumor

verb

ru·moredru·mor·ing

Definition of RUMOR

transitive verb

: to tell or spread by rumor

Examples of RUMOR

1. <for years people have been rumoring the CEO's imminent retirement>

First Known Use of RUMOR

1594

Related to RUMOR

Synonyms: bruit (about), circulate, noise (about or out), whisper

Related Words: bandy (about), blab, dish, gossip, tattle; bare, disclose, divulge, expose, let on (about), report, reveal, spill, tell; hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, suggest; blaze, broadcast, proclaim, promulgate, propagate, publicize, spread

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