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verbtell or spread rumorstype of:
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noungossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouthtype of:
Definition that contains rumor
- talk idle gossip or rumor
- rumor tell or spread rumors
- rumour tell or spread rumors
- yenta (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal
- stirrer a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble
- scaremonger a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble
- talk of the town idle gossip or rumor
- bruit tell or spread rumors
- whispering campaign the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate