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grapevine
(greɪpvaɪn)
Word forms: plural grapevines
1. singular noun
If you hear or learn something on the grapevine, you hear it or learn it in casual conversation with other people.
He'd doubtless heard rumours on the grapevine.
I had heard on the grapevine that he was quite critical of what we were doing.
2. countable noun
A grapevine is a climbing plant on which grapes grow.
grapevine in British English
(ˈɡreɪpˌvaɪn)
noun
1.
any of several vitaceous vines of the genus Vitis, esp V. vinifera of E Asia, widely cultivated for its fruit (grapes): family Vitaceae
2. informal
an unofficial means of relaying information, esp from person to person
3.
a wrestling hold in which a wrestler entwines his own leg around an opponent's and exerts pressure against various joints
grapevine in American English
(ˈgreɪpˌvaɪn)
noun
1.
any of the woody vines that bear grapes
2. US
a secret means of spreading or receiving information; also, the spreading of news or gossip from one person to another
with the More idioms containinggrapevine
hear something through the grapevine
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Examples of 'grapevine' in a sentencegrapevine
In other languagesgrapevine
British English: grapevine NOUN
on the grapevine If you hear or learn something on the grapevine, you hear it or learn it in casual conversation with other people.
He'd doubtless heard rumours on the grapevine.
- American English: grapevine
- Brazilian Portuguese: parreira
- Chinese: > 私下传播途径消息、传闻等的
- European Spanish: vid
- French: téléphone arabe
- German: gerüchteweise
- Italian: voce di corridoio
- Japanese: 口コミ
- Korean: 소문
- European Portuguese: parreira
- Latin American Spanish: vid
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Nearby words ofgrapevine
- granulate
- granule
- grape
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Related terms ofgrapevine
- hear something on the grapevine
Synonyms of 'grapevine'
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