grapevine

Speech parts

1. grapevine - Noun

2. grapevine - Verb

3. Grapevine - Proper noun

Meaning

A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called grapes.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

word of mouth ivy liana vine creeper buzz birdie sargasso purple grape gossip rumor climber seaweed hearsay
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Antonyms

fact experience audience crowd quiet encouragement
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Hypernyms

vine comment gossip scuttlebutt

Hyponyms

muscadine fox grape vinifera common grape vine vinifera grape vitis labrusca

Phrases with the word

through the grapevine on the grapevine hear on the grapevine Murri grapevine grapevine planthopper according to the grapevine

Examples

the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth Source: Internet

About the same time, courtesy of the medical grapevine, descriptions of the situation in northern Italy were starting to sneak in. Doctors spoke in hushed tones of the impossible decisions colleagues on the other side of the world were having to make. Source: Internet

An active grapevine among the Jewish community discusses which products are now questionable, as well as products which have become kosher but whose labels have yet to carry the hechsher. Source: Internet

Her dalliance with Pant wasn't the actress' first encounter with a cricketer, if one believes the grapevine. Source: Internet

“I think we just found out through the grapevine and it freaked us out that why is no one telling us?” Source: Internet

In recent years, IFG has kept a close eye on the Chinese market, and has undertaken a series of activities aimed at combating counterfeiting and other intellectual property infringement acts against IFG grape varieties in grapevine production and trading. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

grapeshot grapeskin grapestone grapevine dragonfish grapevine family grapevine planthopper