verb
- spreading unconfirmed information or gossip about someone or something
Usage: present participle of ‘rumor’; less common than ‘rumored’
Examples
- People have been rumoring about the company’s financial troubles.
- Stop rumoring about your classmates.
- The tabloids are rumoring a celebrity breakup.
- She was caught rumoring false information.
- They’re rumoring that the store will close soon.
- Rumoring without facts can damage reputations.