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- Dictionarygrape·vine/ˈɡrāpˌvīn/
noun
- 1. a vine native to both Eurasia and North America, especially one bearing fruit (grapes) used for eating or winemaking. Numerous cultivars and hybrids have been developed for the winemaking industry.
- 2. used to refer to the circulation of rumors and unofficial information: informal "I'd heard through the grapevine that the business was nearly settled"
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noun. grape· vine ˈgrāp-ˌvīn. Synonyms of grapevine. 1. : grape sense 2. 2. a. : an informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip. heard it through the grapevine. b. : a secret source of information. Examples of grapevine in a Sentence.
grapevine | American Dictionary. noun [ C ] us / ˈɡreɪpˌvɑɪn / grapevine noun [C] (PLANT) Add to word list. the climbing plant that grapes grow on.
noun. any of several vitaceous vines of the genus Vitis, esp V. vinifera of E Asia, widely cultivated for its fruit (grapes): family Vitaceae. informal. an unofficial means of relaying information, esp from person to person. a wrestling hold in which a wrestler entwines his own leg around his opponent's and exerts pressure against various joints.
The grapevine is a word for gossip. Anything heard on the grapevine was learned by word of mouth. In the Civil War, a grapevine telegraph was a gadget used for communicating. From there, people started talking about "the grapevine" as a source of information, especially gossip.
noun [ C ] us / ˈɡreɪp.vaɪn / uk / ˈɡreɪp.vaɪn / (also vine) Add to word list. a type of climbing plant on which grapes grow. roycebair/RooM/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Climbing plants. bindweed. Boston ivy. bougainvillea. clematis. climber. English ivy. fox grape. honeysuckle. hoya. ivied. old man's beard.
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.
Define grapevine. grapevine synonyms, grapevine pronunciation, grapevine translation, English dictionary definition of grapevine. n. 1. A vine on which grapes grow. 2. The informal transmission of information, gossip, or rumor from person to person: I heard through the grapevine that...
