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WORD OF MOUTH

Pronunciation (US):

• WORD OF MOUTH (noun)
The noun WORD OF MOUTH has 1 sense:

1. gossip spread by spoken communication

Familiarity information: WORD OF MOUTH used as a noun is very rare.

• WORD OF MOUTH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Gossip spread by spoken communication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

grapevine; pipeline; word of mouth

Context example:

the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth

Hypernyms ("word of mouth" is a kind of...):

comment; gossip; scuttlebutt (a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people)

"Beggars can't be choosers."
(English proverb)
"A wound will heal. Talk won’t."
(Afghanistan proverb)
"The most praised form of fluency is silence when talk isn't wise."
(Arabic proverb)
"He who injures with the sword will be finished by the sword."
(Corsican proverb)

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