Caught - picked up

• Like music
• Learned via the grapevine
• Got wind (of)
• Got word of
• Been told
• Drove across area, getting caught
• Made some sound judgment?

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
past tense and past participle of hear , Old English herde .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hear \Hear\ (h[=e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heard (h[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hearing .] [OE. heren, AS,. hi['e]ran, h[=y]ran, h[=e]ran; akin to OS. h[=o]rian, OFries. hera, hora, D. hooren, OHG. h[=o]ren, G. h["o]ren, Icel. heyra, Sw. h["o]ra, Dan. hore, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. (en-past of: hear ) vb. (en-past of: hear )