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rumoring

rumoring is the present participle and gerund of rumor.

Meaning of rumor

Verb

rumor (third-person singular simple present rumors, present participle rumoring, simple past and past participle rumored)

  1. (US, transitive, usually) To tell a rumor about; to gossip.
    • John is rumored to be next in line for a promotion.

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Questions about rumoring

What is rumoring the present participle and gerund of?
Rumoring is the present participle and gerund of rumor.

Words near rumoring in the dictionary

  1. rumored
  2. rumoredly
  3. rumorer
  4. rumorers
  5. Rumores
  6. rumoring
  7. rumoritis
  8. rumormonger
  9. rumormongered
  10. rumormongering
  11. rumormongers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rumoring (page history and authors); rumor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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