rumour

US rumor

/ (ˈruːmə) /

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noun

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

verb

(tr; usually passive) to pass around or circulate in the form of a rumourit is rumoured that the Queen is coming

literary to make or cause to make a murmuring noise

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Word Origin for rumour

C14: via Old French from Latin rūmor common talk; related to Old Norse rymja to roar, Sanskrit rāut he cries

Words nearby rumour

rummage sale, rummer, rummy, rumor, rumormonger, rumour, rump, Rumpelstiltskin, rumpf, rumple, rumply

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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.
The Importance of Adult Classifieds|Hazlitt|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
Rumour 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 Trevithick
Musgrave 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 Macaulay

They 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 Daudet
With 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