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hear on the grapevine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables
hear on the -grapevine
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To hear as rumor; to learn through friends of friends, etc.

Informal; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

See hear through the grapevine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hears on the grapevine (present, singular) hearing on the grapevine (participle, present) heard on the grapevine (participle, past) heard on the grapevine (past)

Synonyms

hear through the grapevine

Questions

What does hear on the grapevine mean?
To hear as rumor; to learn through friends of friends, etc.
Where does hear on the grapevine come from?
See hear through the grapevine.

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