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Noun: rumour  roo-mu(r)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: rumor)
  1. Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
    - rumor [US], hearsay, furphy [Austral, informal]
Verb: rumour  roo-mu(r)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: rumor)
  1. Tell or spread rumours
    "It was rumoured that the next president would be a woman";
    - rumor [US], bruit

Sounds like: roomer

Derived forms: rumouring, rumoured, rumours

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

Encyclopedia: Rumour