Been told

• Picked up, in a way
• Rumored
• Was informed of
• Got word (of)
• Caught wind of
• Picked up via gossip
• Gossiper's word

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

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. detected or perceived by the sense of hearing; "a conversation heard through the wall"

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, ...