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Ru·mor n. [Written also rumour.]
1. A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.
This rumor of him went forth throughout all Judea, and throughout all the region round about. --Luke vii. 17.
Great is the rumor of this dreadful knight. --Shak.
2. A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified.
Rumor next, and Chance,
And Tumult, and Confusion, all embroiled. --Milton.
3. A prolonged, indistinct noise. [Obs.]
rumour
n : gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed
around by word of mouth [syn: rumor, hearsay]
v : tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next
president would be a woman" [syn: rumor, bruit]