Grapevine

Quick meaning: Grapevine is a noun meaning The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.
2. (wrestling) A leglock.
3. A dance figure in partner dancing that includes sidesteps and steps across the support foot. See Grapevine (dance move).
4. (transitive, wrestling) To restrain in a leglock.
5. (transitive) To drape or curl around adjacent objects.
6. (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.
7. (rare, apparently primarily Indian English) A rumor.

Example Sentences

The legend, like all army grapevine, got around to me.

I heard through the grapevine that Jim will be leaving soon.

I heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine.

The grapevine was so fast that sometimes news was circulated before it happened.

Word Forms

• grapevines
• grape vine
• grape-vine
• grapevining
• grapevined

Synonyms for grapevine

Depending on context, synonyms include winetree, grape, pipeline, word of mouth.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include grape, pipeline, word of mouth, vineyard, vine, leaf.

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