verb
- spreading unverified information or gossip about someone or something
Usage: present participle of ‘rumour’; British spelling
Examples
- People have been rumouring about the company’s financial troubles.
- She was rumouring that the celebrity couple had split up.
- The tabloids were rumouring a secret wedding.
- Students were rumouring about changes to the exam schedule.
- He denied rumouring false information about his opponent.
- The media kept rumouring about the politician’s resignation.