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[ greyp -vahyn ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈgreɪpˌvaɪn / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a vine that bears grapes.
Also called grapevine telegraph. a person-to-person method of spreading rumors, gossip, information, etc., by informal or unofficial conversation, letter writing, or the like.
a private or secret source of information.
Origin of grapevine 1645–55; 1860–65, Americanism for def. 2 ; grape + vine
Words nearby grapevine grapes, grapeshot, grape stake, grapestone, grape sugar, grapevine , grapey, graph, graphalloy, graphanesthesia, grapheme
Definition for grapevine (2 of 2) [ greyp -vahyn ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈgreɪpˌvaɪn / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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Example sentences from the Web for grapevine The grapevine and the international media were alight with the buzz of the student killed by the police during the demonstration.
How Havel Inspired the Velvet Revolution | Michael Zantovsky| December 6, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Prince Harry has heard on the grapevine that UK pop star Cheryl Cole has a crush on him - and finds it pretty funny.
When Harry Met Cheryl | Tom Sykes| July 11, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Every Afghan will know, through radio and the grapevine , the news that Americans burned the Quran.
U.S. Must Show It Respects Quran and Its Importance to Afghans | Jere Van Dyk| February 28, 2012| DAILY BEAST
“I had heard that just from the grapevine so I went and asked her,” Morgan recalls.
Inside Palin's Life in Alaska | Shushannah Walshe| September 14, 2010| DAILY BEAST
Through the grapevine I hear of Dick, a 35-year old attorney in Los Angeles.
Confessions of a 90210 Addict | Taffy Brodesser-Akner| March 8, 2010| DAILY BEAST
This shows that a man lies beneath; the women's tombs are marked by a grapevine or a stem of lotus, also carved in marble.
Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea | Laura E. Richards
They tied his hands and feet with a grapevine and drove a long stake through his breast, and planted it far out in the deep water.
Myths of the Cherokee | James Mooney
The "grapevine telegraph" was an "institution" during the whole war.
Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2 | Jacob Dolson Cox
He walked us toward the powder house, and then, all at once, he shouted at us to throw down our grapevine cigarettes.
Swatty | Ellis Parker Butler
There was not sufficient breeze to stir the branches of the locust or the leaves of the grapevine .
Fair Harbor | Joseph Crosby Lincoln
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British Dictionary definitions for grapevine noun any of several vitaceous vines of the genus Vitis, esp V. vinifera of E Asia, widely cultivated for its fruit (grapes): family Vitaceae
informal an unofficial means of relaying information, esp from person to person
a wrestling hold in which a wrestler entwines his own leg around his opponent's and exerts pressure against various joints
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