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word of mouth

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word of mouth
n.
Spoken communication: News of their success spread by word of mouth.
word-of-mouth (wûrdv-mouth) adj.
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Noun1.word of mouthword of mouth - gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth"
grapevine, pipeline
scuttlebutt, gossip, comment - a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip"
Translations
word of mouth n by or through word of mouth → de bouche à oreille
word of mouth n → passaparola m;
I learned it by or through word of mouth → lo so per sentito dire


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For this purpose a capable officer, Bolkhovitinov, was chosen, who was to explain the whole affair by word of mouth, besides delivering a written report.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
That was so far well, but Vronsky knew that in this dirty business, though his only share in it was undertaking by word of mouth to be surety for Venovsky, it was absolutely necessary for him to have the two thousand five hundred roubles so as to be able to fling it at the swindler, and have no more words with him.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Sire, an order is given by a sign, by a gesture, by a glance, as intelligibly, as freely, and as clearly as by word of mouth.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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