the rumor mill

:  talk or opinion widely disseminated with no discernible source

:  a statement or report current without known authority for its truth

:  talk or report of a notable person or event

:  to tell or spread by rumor

:  a building provided with machinery for grinding grain into flour

:  a machine or apparatus (such as a quern) for grinding grain

:  a machine for crushing or comminuting

:  to subject to an operation or process in a mill: such as

:  to grind into flour, meal, or powder

:  to shape or dress by means of a rotary cutter

:  a money of account equal to ¹⁄₁₀ cent

: variant spelling of²mil