rumor

The definition of a rumor is gossip, or a story that is not confirmed but is being discussed.

(noun)

An example of a rumor is a friend telling you something they heard about a new movie coming out.

See rumor in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: ME rumour < OFr < L rumor, noise < IE echoic base *reu-, to roar, grumble > rune, OE reotan, to complain

transitive verb

to tell, report, or spread by rumor or as a rumor

Brit. sp. rumour

See rumor in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth.
Unverified information received from another; hearsay.

transitive verb ru·mored, ru·mor·ing, ru·mors

To spread or tell by rumor.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English rumour

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin rūmor

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