rumors

Noun

rumor (countable and uncountable, plural rumors)

1. (US, countable) A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
   • There's a rumor going round that he's going to get married.

   Synonyms:

   word, gossip, hearsay, talk, tittle-tattle

2. (US, uncountable) Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.
   • They say he used to be a thief, but that's just rumor.

   Synonyms:

   noise

3. (US, archaic, uncountable) Report, news, information in general.
   • It stands a city aloof. There hath been no rumour of it—I alone have dreamed of it, and I may not be sure that my dreams are true.1906, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods, London: William Heineman, →OCLC, page 3
4. (US, obsolete, uncountable) Fame, reputation.
5. (US, obsolete, uncountable) Clamor, din, outcry.

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