Rumor vs. Grapevine

Rumornoun

A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.

Rumornoun

Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.

Rumorverb

To tell a rumor about; to gossip.

Rumornoun

A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.

Rumornoun

A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; - in this sense often personified.

Rumornoun

A prolonged, indistinct noise.

Rumorverb

To report by rumor; to tell.

Rumornoun

gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

Rumorverb

tell or spread rumors;

Rumor

A rumour (British English), or rumor (American English; see spelling differences; derived from Latin: 'rumorem' - noise), is In the social sciences, a rumour involves a form of a statement whose veracity is not quickly or ever confirmed. In addition, some scholars have identified rumour as a subset of propaganda.

Grapevinenoun

The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.

Grapevinenoun

A rumor.

Grapevinenoun

An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.

Grapevinenoun

(skating) A move in which the feet are alternately placed in front of each other, while both remaining on the ice or ground, incorporating half-turns.

Grapevinenoun

(wrestling) A leglock.

Grapevineverb

To restrain in a leglock.

Grapevinenoun

A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called grapes.

Grapevinenoun

gossip spread by spoken communication;

Grapevinenoun

any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries