rumor mill
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A process in which a group or network of persons originate or promulgate gossip and other unsubstantiated claims.
American usage
Example Sentences
- "For months the Washington rumor mill has ground out gossip about who might replace U.S. Ambassador Frederick E. Nolting Jr."
- "Unofficial results instead traveled through the rumor mill, passed along on mobile phones from one part of the country to another."
- "The rumour mill is also abuzz with chat that Alessandro Michele, who parted with Gucci last year, is to make a return to the fashion frontline."
Usage
- American usage