1. (Courant) (Figuré) Rumeur.
Il va travailler dans la grande tour d'Issy-les-Moulineaux, il va regarder passer le temps, il va se taire, discret, loin des bruits de couloirs et des ronds de jambe.
(Marie Griessinger, On reconnaît le bonheur au bruit qu'il fait en s'en allant, Éditions Albin Michel, ISBN 978-2226342713)
2. [noun] (US) (countable) A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
3. [noun] (US) (uncountable) Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.
4. [verb] (transitive) (usually used in the passive voice) To tell a rumor about; to gossip.
5. [noun] Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth.
6. [verb] Tell or spread rumors; 'It was rumored that the next president would be a woman'.
