rumour
US rumor
/ (ˈruːmə) /
information, often a mixture of truth and untruth, passed around verbally
(in combination): a rumour-monger
gossip or hearsay
archaic din or clamour
obsolete fame or reputation
(tr; usually passive) to pass around or circulate in the form of a rumour: it is rumoured that the Queen is coming
literary to make or cause to make a murmuring noise
Origin of rumour
1Words Nearby rumour
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How to use rumour in a sentence
Inevitably, more publications will follow, though rumour has it that NOW is planning to hold strong.
A Downing Street spokesman denied any “crisis talks” but not the rumour itself.
Sex Scandal Engulfs 10 Downing Street as Feral Press Bites Back | Peter Jukes | June 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTrumour of passed events may have led him to visit the ground on which had worked a new kind of steam-engine.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickMusgrave was talked of in coffeehouses; but the rumour that he would be proposed soon died away.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThey knew nothing of the Maid save from the rumour of the victories she was reported to have won at Orleans.
The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche | Anatole France
The rumour was whispered around him, and, in his own world, secured him an envied and despicable position.
The Nabob | Alphonse DaudetWith regard to the West, there is a strong rumour of action in our favour: but at all events we are safe, and possibly successful.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward Gibbon
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