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A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.

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  1. n. A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.
  2. n. A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified.
  3. n. A prolonged, indistinct noise.
  4. v. t. To report by rumor; to tell.
  5. n. word/gossip">gossip (usually a mixture of word/truth">truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
  6. v. tell or spread rumors
  7. To report by rumor; to tell.'T was rumored My father 'scaped from out the citadel. Dryden.
  8. v:11/n:89 n. word/gossip">gossip (usually a mixture of word/truth">truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth v. tell or spread rumors