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

1. Tell or spread rumours
   "It was rumoured that the next president would be a woman";
   - rumor [US], bruit

Sounds like: roomer

Derived forms: rumours, rumouring, rumoured

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

Encyclopedia: Rumour