rumour

rumour
ru|mour
BrE rumor AmE [ˈru:mə US -ər] n [U and C]
[Date: 1300-1400; : Old French; Origin: rumour, from Latin rumor]
1.) information or a story that is passed from one person to another and which may or may not be true
rumour about/of
▪ I've heard all sorts of rumours about him and his secretary.
rumour that
▪ There's an unsubstantiated rumour that Eddie's bankrupt.
▪ Rumour has it that Jean's getting married again.
▪ Where did the rumour start?
a rumour spreads/goes around
▪ A malicious rumour went round that Philip had something to do with the murder.
2.) the rumour mill
the people, considered as a group, who discuss something and pass rumours to each other
▪ His name has come up in the rumour mill as a possible director for the project.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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