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

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

Sounds like: roomer, rumor

Derived forms: rumoured, rumouring, rumours

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

Encyclopedia: Rumour