Originally posted by gaweidert Black's Law Dictionary.
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ru·mor
[ˈro͞omər]
NOUN
rumour (noun) · rumours (plural noun) · rumors (plural noun)
a currently circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth.
"they were investigating rumors of a massacre" · "rumor has it that he will take a year off"
synonyms:
gossip · hearsay · talk · tittle-tattle · the grapevine · the word on the street · goss · scuttlebutt · poop · furphy · fame · piece of gossip · report · story · whisper · canard · speculation · information · word · news · on dit · buzz · bruit
antonyms:
hard facts
VERB
(be rumored)
rumoured (past participle) · rumored (past participle) · rumour (verb) · rumours (third person present) · rumouring (present participle) · rumors (third person present) · rumoring (present participle)
be circulated as an unverified account.
"it's rumored that he lives on a houseboat" · "she is rumored to have gone into hiding"
synonyms:
said to be · reported to be · reportedly · reputedly · allegedly · apparently · by all accounts · so the story goes
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from Old French rumur, from Latin rumor ‘noise’.
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