1. Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
   "The rumor about the company's merger spread quickly through the town";
   - rumour [Brit, Cdn], hearsay, furphy [Austral, informal]

1. Tell or spread rumors
   "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman";
   - rumour [Brit, Cdn], bruit

Sounds like: rumor

Derived forms: rumoring, rumored, rumors

Type of: comment, dish [N. Amer, informal], dish the dirt [informal], goss [Brit, informal], gossip, scuttlebutt [N. Amer, informal]

Encyclopedia: Rumor