Rumor
['rʊmɚ]
Definition
(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'.
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Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Report, talk, bruit, fame, gossip, hearsay, news, tidings, town talk.
v. a. Report, tell, bruit, spread abroad, noise abroad.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Report, repute, hearsay, publication, bruit
ANT:Authentication, verification, proof, evidence, notoriety
Typist: Portia
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
The long-distance champion of the Human Race—a monster with more tales than an octopus.
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Examples
- When I returned to my palace I found that the rumor already had reached Dejah Thoris, so I told her all that I had heard. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- We had tried to keep it out of the papers, but there was some rumor in the GLOBE last night. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The rumor was confirmed there, also, from other sources. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Tell us one more rumor, Fernandito, she said and then her shoulders shook again. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Eat this now before more rumors come. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Rumors of war and bloodshed were flying every where. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Eat well so that thy stomach can support more rumors. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It is beneath a man's dignity to listen and give importance to rumors. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But the last two are only rumors, Pilar. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- We had learned through deserters who had come in that the people had very wild rumors about what was going on on our side. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The rumors come running. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Neither should one become alarmed at rumors. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The rumors have taken the place of the appetite. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- For a year I have heard nothing but rumors. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And I am fortunate to remember this because, since it was but rumors, I paid no attention to any of it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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