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  • noun Alternative spelling of rumor.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb tell or spread rumors
  • noun gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

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Examples

  • She's off to Vegas, because the rumour is after her asthma OD, she heard about JT (Justin Timberlake) being down with Bill Da Gates at his keynote, so Sergey has got the Qantas 767 out of the hangar and 3rd world poverty missions and he's flying L-Lo str8 into Vegas baby.

    Lindsay Busts out of Hospital with a Google Pack Ben Barren 2006

  • She's off to Vegas, because the rumour is after her asthma OD, she heard about JT (Justin Timberlake) being down with Bill Da Gates at his keynote, so Sergey has got the Qantas 767 out of the hangar and 3rd world poverty missions and he's flying L-Lo str8 into Vegas baby.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Ben Barren 2006

  • A spokesperson for News Corp declined to comment on what she described as "rumour and speculation".

    The Guardian World News Dominic Rushe 2011

  • She then cautioned against putting too much weight on what she called rumour and innuendo.

    Intellectual Property Watch 2010

  • Michael Arrington reported what he called a rumour on technology blog Techcrunch on Thursday night, saying Mountain View-based Google could pay more than $250 million for San Francisco-based Twitter.

    unknown title 2009

  • Latest rumour is that she is to be Chiefy at Durham and Jon Stoddart is to come in as Chiefy here on March 25, 2010 at 7: 29 pm Andy W

    Hayley Adamson is dead but Northumbria wins Gold! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • "If this rumour is true, I am proud because Aston Villa have been one of the big English clubs for several years," Tabanou has said, simultaneously performing a drunken celebrity can-can through the streets of Birmingham with Nigel Kennedy, Prince William and Lennie Godber from Porridge.

    Football transfer rumours: Glen Johnson to Juventus? Barney Ronay 2010

  • The rumour is that it's the warm up pool that is causing the virus problems.

    Commonwealth Games 2010 live blog: 7 October Anna Kessel 2010

  • If the rumour is true, there’s no reason to believe that Skype for iPhone won’t fall prey to all the same issues that every other presence and VoIP application on iPhone experiences.

    Skype for iPhone to Be Released as Early as Next Week 2009

  • The rumour is that a 3-person lunar version is on the horizon.

    Dear Mr. Augustine - NASA Watch 2009

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