Dictionary Entry
rumor
rumor is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.
- 2noun
A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified.
- 3noun
A prolonged, indistinct noise.
- 4transitive verb
To report by rumor; to tell.
- 5noun
gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
- 6verb
tell or spread rumors
"It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"
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