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1. Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
   - rumour [Brit, Cdn], hearsay, furphy [Austral]

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: rumored, rumoring, rumors

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

Encyclopedia: Rumor