"Rumor" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
Flying or popular report; a current story passing from one person to an* other without any known authority for the truth of it. webster. It is not generally admissible in evidence. State ▼. Culler, 82 Mo. 626; Smith v. Moore, 74 Vt 81, 52 Atl. 320
To report by rumor; to tell.
A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public
fame; notoriety.
A current story passing from one person to another, without
any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified.
A prolonged, indistinct noise.
... as a reminder that a white man could still kill him for nothing.
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One day an out of work mime is visiting the zoo and attemptsto earn some money as a street performer. Unfortunately, assoon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zoo keeper grabs him anddrags him into his office. The zoo-keeper explains to the mime that the zoo's mostpopular attraction, a gorilla, has died suddenly and thekeeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off. Heoffers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla until theycan get another one. The mime accepts. So the next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit andenters the cage before crowd comes. He discovers that it's agreat job. He can sleep all he wants, play and make fun ofpeople and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime.However, eventually the crowds tire of him and he tires ofjust swinging on tires. He begins to notice that the people are paying moreattention to the lion in the cag e next to his. Not wanting tolose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top ofhis cage, crawls across a partition, and dangles from the topto the lion's cage. Of course, this makes the lion furious,but the crowd loves it. At the end of the day the zoo-keepercomes and gives the mime a raise for being such a goodattraction. Well, this goes on for some time, the mime keeps tauntingthe lion, the crowds grow larger, and his salary keeps goingup. Then one terrible day when he is dangling over thefurious lion, he slips and falls. The mime is terrified. Thelion gathers itself and prepares to pounce. The mime is so scared that he begins to run round and roundthe cage with the lion close behind. Finally, the mime startsscreaming and yelling, "Help, Help me!" but the lion is quickand pounces. The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up atthe angry lion and the lion says, " Shut up you idiot! Do youwant to get us both fired?"
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Read the complete definitionA statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account …
Read the complete definitionA fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads.
Read the complete definitionAt another day. A common phrase in the old reports. Yearb
Read the complete definitionL. Lat. It is adjourn-ed. A word with which the old reports very frequently conclude a case. 1 Ld. Raym. …
Read the complete definitionTo which there was no answer. A phrase used in the reports, where a point advanced in argument by one …
Read the complete definitionn. newspaperman, newspaper reporter. - -syn. PERIODISTA.
Read the complete definitionIn pursuance, conformity, or accordance; -- in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the …
Read the complete definitionalarma (not without l) n {1} alarm, sound notifying danger. {2} report of danger. May alarma nga náay púga, There …
Read the complete definitionExciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. -- A*larm\"ing*ly, adv.
Read the complete definitionLat otherwise. A term oft-en used in the reports
Read the complete definitionánaw v [A; a12] determine truth by careful deliberation. Anáwa ang tahù úsà ipublikar, Verify the report before publishing it.
Read the complete definitionNameless; wanting a name or names. A publication, withholding the name of tlie author, is said to be anony-mous. Cases …
Read the complete definitionTo act as arbitrator or judge; as, to arbitrate upon several reports; to arbitrate in disputes among neighbors; to arbitrate …
Read the complete definitionIn arguing; in the course of the argument. A statement or observa-tlon made by a judge as a matter of …
Read the complete definitionTo bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to …
Read the complete definitionThe spreading of calumniations reports or charges which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny.
Read the complete definitionReceived by the ear; known by report.
Read the complete definitionTo sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report.
Read the complete definitionbalásan - To bespeak, speak to, warn, forewarn, inform beforehand of a secret plan, a hidden scheme and the like. …
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