A rumor is a story which may not be true. Everyone may be talking about the rap superstar who stopped for ice cream in your town, but until there's proof that it really happened, the whole thing is just a rumor.
A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.
Noun
gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
Verb
tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"
n.
A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public
fame; notoriety.
n.
A current story passing from one person to another, without
any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified.
n.
A prolonged, indistinct noise.
v. t.
To report by rumor; to tell.
Rumor
This rumor of him went forth throughout all Judea, and throughout all the region round about.
Great is the rumor of this dreadful knight.2.
Rumor next, and Chance, And Tumult, and Confusion, all embroiled.3.
Rumor
'T was rumored My father 'scaped from out the citadel.
A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.
To report by rumor; to tell.
Usage Examples
It's interesting to see what people are saying about me. I like keep up with the latest rumors! A while back there was a rumor that I was going to do a film with Demi Moore about the takeover of Commodore computers!
A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor.
Death is a distant rumor to the young.
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Other Usage ExamplesYou know, I've never actually really believed that death is inevitable. I just think it's a rumor.
A rumor that followed me forever was that my family was in the mafia. For years I had to live with it. They'd call me the mafia princess, so I rolled with it for the rest of high school. People even joke about it today.
The standard rumor at the time was that Rumsfeld, as chief of staff, had persuaded President Ford to appoint George H.W. Bush as director of Central Intelligence, assuming that that got rid of a potential competitor for the presidency.
The nature of rumor is known to all.
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