grapevine vs tale

grapevine

noun
  • An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip. 

  • A leglock. 

  • The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow. 

  • 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. 

  • A rumor. 

verb
  • To restrain in a leglock. 

tale

noun
  • An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie. 

  • A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. 

  • The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim. 

  • A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration. 

verb
  • To reckon; consider (someone) to have something. 

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