rumor

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The other Best Buy part of the rumor is a bit more plausible, but we're still munching on salt this evening.

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  1. noun A piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth.
  2. noun Unverified information received from another; hearsay.
  3. transitive verb To spread or tell by rumor.

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  • He desired me to visit him, which I did, and assured him that the rumor was altogether without foundation, and gave it as my opinion that there was no danger of such an attempt being made We entered upon a general conversation upon the subject of disunion and discussed the probabilities of it pretty fully. —  Abraham Lincoln, A History, Volume 2
  • Even if the allegations turn out to be true, the explosive chain effect of this rumor has been an embarrassment for anyone who ran with it. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • Anyone who propagated the rumor should be ashamed of themselves. —  Donklephant
  • Giving some validity to the rumor was the fact that the LEGO game developer is a subsidiary company to Warner Bros., which currently owns the rights to the Harry Potter franchise. —  IGN PC
  • - Rumors of AT&T finally allowing the iPhone to be tethered and used as an HSDPA modem have been bubbling for a while, and now it appears the rumor is at full boil. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
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  1. Middle English rumour, from Old French, from Latin rūmor.
 

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