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word on the wire

word on the wire noun: the rumour or news going around on the internet, in business, on the street, or in social circles.

Noun

word on the wire

  1. (dated, idiomatic) The rumour or news going around on the internet, in business, on the street, or in social circles.

word on the wire meaning in Bengali

word on the wire in Bengali

ইন্টারনেট, ব্যবসা

Origin of word on the wire

Modeled after word on the street once digital communications via the internet entered the daily life of the general public. The phrase might have occurred sporadically earlier, in reference to newswires when wire services were telegraphic (before the internet), but the phrase had no currency before the early consumer-internet era, and it has very little currency since then.

Questions about word on the wire

What does word on the wire mean?
Word on the wire means the rumour or news going around on the internet, in business, on the street, or in social circles.
What is word on the wire in Bengali?
Word on the wire in Bengali is ইন্টারনেট, ব্যবসা. See Word on the wire meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is word on the wire?
Word on the wire is a noun.

Words near word on the wire in the dictionary

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  3. word of mouth
  4. Word of Wisdom
  5. word on the street
  6. word on the wire
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  9. word painter
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