1. Brouhaha. Une rumeur qui monte de la rue.
2. On-dit. Une rumeur qui se répand.
ETYM Old Eng. flappe, flap, blow, bly-flap; cf. Dutch flap, and Eng. flap.
1. Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely.
2. A movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body.
3. A movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag; SYN. flaps.
4. The motion made by flapping up and down; SYN. flapping, flopping, flutter, fluttering.
Characterized by loud and constant noise; SYN. racketiness.
ETYM French rumeur, Latin rumor; cf. rumificare, rumitare to rumor, Skr. ru to cry.
(Homonym: roomer).
Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth; SYN. rumour, hearsay.