grapevine telegraph
1grapevine telegraph — noun see grapevine 2b …
2grapevine — or grapevine telegraph [grāp′vīn΄] n. 1. any of the woody vines that bear grapes ☆ 2. a secret means of spreading or receiving information; also, the spreading of news or gossip from one person to another: with the …
3grapevine — Synonyms and related words: adviser, algae, announcer, annunciator, authority, autophyte, bean, bracken, brown algae, bruit, bush telegraph, buzz, canard, channel, climber, common talk, communicant, communicator, conferva, confervoid, creeper,… …
4grapevine — /grayp vuyn /, n. 1. a vine that bears grapes. 2. Also called grapevine telegraph. a person to person method of spreading rumors, gossip, information, etc., by informal or unofficial conversation, letter writing, or the like. 3. a private or… …
5grapevine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, rumor; rumor mill, pipeline, a little bird. See information. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Vine] Syn. climber, creeper, trailer; see vine . 2. [Gossip, used with the ] Syn. rumor, the grapevine… …
6grapevine — 1736, from GRAPE (Cf. grape) + VINE (Cf. vine). Meaning rumor source is 1862, U.S. Civil War slang for telegraph wires …
7Grapevine (gossip) — See also Chinese whispers. To hear something through the grapevine is to learn of something informally and unofficially by means of gossip and rumour.The usual implication is that the information was passed person to person by word of mouth,… …
8grapevine — noun a) The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow Although many grape vines have geographical names, those rarely reflect their real origin, if known at all b) A rumor I heard on the grapevine that Jim will be leaving soon. Syn …
9bamboo telegraph — noun or bamboo wireless : the Oceanian native grapevine telegraph * * * bamboo telegraph, the means by which news and rumors are quickly spread in countries of the Orient; grapevine. See also bush telegraph. (Cf. ↑bush telegraph) …
10Coconut Telegraph — Studio album by Jimmy Buffett Released February 1981 …