Meaning of rumor mill | Babel Free

Definitions

A process in which a group or network of persons originate or promulgate gossip and other unsubstantiated claims.

US, idiomatic

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Examples

“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.”

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