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grapevine

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪp.vaɪn/

The English word “grapevine” has 13 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.
  2. An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.
  3. A rumor.
  4. A move in which the feet are alternately placed in front of each other, while both remaining on the ice or ground, incorporating half-turns.
  5. A leglock.
  6. A dance figure in partner dancing that includes sidesteps and steps across the support foot. See Grapevine (dance move).

verb

  1. To restrain in a leglock.
  2. To drape or curl around adjacent objects.
  3. To move one's body in a smooth undulating wave while stepping in the direction the wave is moving.
  4. To score mortar at a joint.
  5. Of information, to spread as a rumor.
  6. Of a person or group, to spread (a rumor).
  7. To link up through an informal communication network.

Etymology

From grape + vine.

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