grapevine
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.
- An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.
- A rumor.
- 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 leglock.
- A dance figure in partner dancing that includes sidesteps and steps across the support foot. See Grapevine (dance move).
Verb
- To restrain in a leglock.
- To drape or curl around adjacent objects.
- To move one's body in a smooth undulating wave while stepping in the direction the wave is moving.
- To score mortar at a joint.
- Of information, to spread as a rumor.
- Of a person or group, to spread (a rumor).
- To link up through an informal communication network.
Proper noun
- A city in Texas.
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