- rumour
- ru|mourBrE 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 truerumour 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 millthe 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.