A report or rumour. Obsolete. (Cf. 3.)

Common report or statement. Also: rumour, gossip.

Something heard; report, rumour, news. dialect.

As a count noun: a view held about a particular issue; a judgement formed or a conclusion reached; a belief; a religious or political conviction…

plural. Things told so as to violate confidence or secrecy; reports of private matters not proper to be divulged; idle or mischievous gossip; esp. in…

That which people say or tell; public report, common talk; a particular instance of this, a report, rumour. Now rare.

Mentioning in an undertone; a faint or slight mention, report, or rumour; chiefly in phrase to hear an inkling (ofsomething). Obsolete exc. dialect.

Fame, report, rumour. Obsolete. rare.

The action of noise, v.; an instance of this.

An unverified or unconfirmed statement or report circulating in a community.

Talk amongst people in general; report, rumour; an instance of this, a rumour. Now somewhat archaic.

= inkling, n. 1.

Rumour; (also) common speech. Obsolete. rare.

Rumour. Obsolete. rare.

A rumour. †in murmur: rumoured, whispered abroad (obsolete).

That which one hears or has heard some one say; information received by word of mouth, usually with implication that it is not trustworthy; oral…

Rumour, public report.

The utterance of disgraceful imputations; defamatory talk. Now often playfully in milder sense, talk that is concerned with the faults or foibles…

The current opinion or belief; the general report or rumour. Obsolete.

A rumour, a report. Obsolete.

A rumour; a report.

A statement circulated, a rumour, a report.

The conversation of such a person; idle talk; trifling or groundless rumour; tittle-tattle. Also, in a more favourable sense: Easy, unrestrained…

A widespread but untrue or erroneous story or belief; a widely held misconception; a misrepresentation of the truth. Also: something existing only…

figurative. A breath of news, whisper, rumour. colloquial.

dialect. With a: A rumour.

A piece of gossip. Also: a scene, a row.

Scurrilous information or gossip; scandal. Also attributive.

colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). A rumour. Cf. sense 1a(c).

slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). With the. Detailed and esp. confidential information about a person or topic, ‘the low-down’; (also more…

Gossip; rumour; idle talk.

In weakened or non-pejorative sense: an anecdote, tale, ‘tall story’. lie and story n. gossip. Originally and chiefly Black English.

A story; a rumour; information.

Hearsay; gossip; unsubstantiated rumour. Cf. he-said-she-said, n.

An item of information accepted or presented as a fact, although not (or not necessarily) true; spec. an assumption or speculation reported and…

A sound as of rippling water; esp. a gentle lively sound, esp. of talk or laughter, that rises and falls. Also figurative: a rumour.

colloquial (chiefly British, Australian, and New Zealand). Casual and unconstrained talk or reports, typically personal or private in nature, and…