Found 3 items, similar to rumor.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: rumor
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: rumor
rumor
n : gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed
around by word of mouth [syn:
rumour,
hearsay]
v : tell or spread rumors;
“It was rumored that the next
president would be a woman” [syn:
rumour,
bruit]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Rumor
Rumor
\Ru"mor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Rumored; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rumoring.]
To report by rumor; to tell.
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'T was rumored
My father 'scaped from out the citadel. --Dryden.
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Rumor
\Ru"mor\, n. [F. rumeur, L. rumor; cf. rumificare,
rumitare to rumor, Skr. ru to cry.] [Written also
rumour.]
1. A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public
fame; notoriety.
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This rumor of him went forth throughout all Judea,
and throughout all the region round about. --Luke
vii. 17.
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Great is the rumor of this dreadful knight. --Shak.
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2. A current story passing from one person to another,
without any known authority for its truth; -- in this
sense often personified.
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Rumor next, and Chance,
And Tumult, and Confusion, all embroiled. --Milton.
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3. A prolonged, indistinct noise. [Obs.] --Shak.
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