Synonyms for grapevine
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : greyp-vahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgreɪpˌvaɪn |
Définition of grapevine
Origin :- 1736, from grape + vine. Meaning "rumor source" is 1862, U.S. Civil War slang for "telegraph wires."
- noun vine
- noun gossip
- The pioneers wrought as best they might on the Grapevine Bridge.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- He folded the piece of carpet and laid it over the grapevine.
- Extract from : « The Curlytops on Star Island » by Howard R. Garis
- Before the grapevine swayed again, the Sparrows were far away.
- Extract from : « Dooryard Stories » by Clara Dillingham Pierson
- There is something in the north that is called “Grapevine telegraph.”
- Extract from : « The Shadow Passes » by Roy J. Snell
- On a tiny hillock was a small gallows with grapevine attachment.
- Extract from : « Dixie After the War » by Myrta Lockett Avary
- On another occasion we found a nest in the top of a grapevine.
- Extract from : « Trails and Tramps in Alaska and Newfoundland » by William S. Thomas
- Felix didn't make a grapevine rope, did he, and pull me up the cliff?
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High » by Leslie W. Quirk
- The "grapevine telegraph" was an "institution" during the whole war.
- Extract from : « Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2 » by Jacob Dolson Cox
- In the cities, almost every house may have a grapevine or two where nothing else would grow.
- Extract from : « Soil Culture » by J. H. Walden
- And there he was, dangling on the end of the grapevine rope like an apple on a string.
- Extract from : « Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail » by Howard R. Garis
Antonyms for grapevine
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