Definition of "grapevine" in 英语

noun

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

   • Although many grapevines have geographical names, these rarely reflect their real origin, if known at all.

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

   • I heard through the grapevine that Jim will be leaving soon.
   • I heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine.

3. (rare, apparently primarily Indian English) A rumor.

   • An image of Mohanlal with a tonsured head recently spread online and people started guessing about the film it belonged to. The majority guess was for a film directed by Prajith which had announced a character that was supposed to be acted by Mohanlal named Benz Vasu. But the director denied the grapevine and more guesses and assumptions starting flowing in.

4. (skating) 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. (wrestling) A leglock.

6. A dance figure in partner dancing that includes sidesteps and steps across the support foot. See Grapevine (dance move).

verb

1. (transitive, wrestling) To restrain in a leglock.

2. (transitive) To drape or curl around adjacent objects.

3. (intransitive) To move one's body in a smooth undulating wave while stepping in the direction the wave is moving.

4. (transitive) To score mortar at a joint.

5. (transitive, intransitive) Of information, to spread as a rumor.

6. (transitive, intransitive) Of a person or group, to spread (a rumor).

7. (transitive) To link up through an informal communication network.