0 an unofficial interesting story or piece of news that might be true or invented, and quickly spreads from person to person:
1 an unofficial, interesting story or piece of news that might be true or invented, and that is communicated quickly from person to person:
[ C ] Rumors about her are circulating at school.
I heard a rumor that she's leaving, but apparently there's nothing in it.
A rumor has surfaced that the company is about to go out of business.
The president has consistently denied the rumors.
He denied all responsibility for the rumors that have been circulating.
The company moved quickly to quash rumors that it is losing money.
Clearly, then, such rumors provided excuses for some young wives of military men to stray from their marriages.
In this setting, rumors circulated among the female students who were trying to make sense of the formal awards ceremony with the sultan.
In the absence of any prior public notice or explanation, rumors filled the information void once the gathering and dispatching of students began.
