Crossword clues for grapevine
grapevine
- Communication means at the office
- Means of communication
- Gossip spread by spoken communication
- Any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries
- Rumor mill
- Rumor source
- Gossip medium
- VIP enraged after sacking director on the fiddle according to rumour
- Even a prig could be a passer-on of gossip
- Rumour of good set of exercises in the gully
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grapevine \Grape"vine`\, n. (Bot.) A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called grapes.
Note: The common grapevine of the Old World is Vitis vinifera, and is a native of Central Asia. Another variety is that yielding small seedless grapes commonly called Zante currants. The northern Fox grape of the United States is the V. Labrusca, from which, by cultivation, has come the Isabella variety. The southern Fox grape, or Muscadine, is the V. vulpina. The Frost grape is V. cordifolia, which has very fragrant flowers, and ripens after the early frosts.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 The plant, a vine of genus ''Vitis'', on which grapes grow. 2 A rumor. 3 An informal person-to-person means of circulate information or gossip. 4 (lb en 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. 5 (cx wrestling English) A leglock.
WordNet
n. gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth" [syn: pipeline, word of mouth]
any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries [syn: grape]
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 16486
Land area (2000): 32.279661 sq. miles (83.603934 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.576018 sq. miles (9.261845 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 35.855679 sq. miles (92.865779 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30644
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 32.935025 N, 97.085784 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 76051 76092
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Wikipedia
The Grapevine is a dance figure in partner dancing that shares a common appearance, with some variation, in ballroom, club, and folk dances. It includes side steps and steps across the support foot. The step is used, for example, in the Foxtrot, Polka, Electric Slide and Hustle as well as in Freestyle aerobics.
Troy Kinney (1914) described it as part of the One-Step, calling it "an alternation of second and fourth positions of the feet; one foot travelling sideways on a straight line, the other foot going from anterior to posterior fourth position, and vice versa. The step travels to the woman's right (the man's left), without turning.
The man's steps are the converse of the woman's, he starting with his left foot. The step is executed in closed position of the couple, and is usually performed several times in succession. The arrival of the feet in fourth position is usually punctuated with a slight dip."
Grapevine was a disk magazine for the Commodore Amiga published by the demo scene group LSD. The first eight issues each came on a single floppy disk, but as the magazine became more popular and more articles were submitted by its readers, it required two to three disks per issue after that point. The editor of Grapevine was known as Parasite, later PaZZa/LSD. The magazine was originally coded by Monty Python, and then re-coded with a mouse driven interface later in the series by Shagratt.
Grapevine existed at a time when Internet use was not widespread in its native UK or abroad, and hence editions of the magazine were hotly traded amongst the demo scene. LSD sent out hundreds of floppy disk copies on each release, and most PD libraries at the time were keen to include the latest issues as soon as they were released. As a result of this, 17Bit PD library cut a deal with PaZZa to ensure distribution at a fair price, they were "paid" a box of 50 floppy disks per issue for this, which were used by LSD for file distribution (the days before modems for many people).
Grapevine, created by David Frankel, premiered as a six-episode summer series on CBS on June 15, 1992. It was not renewed.
A revival of the series, with a different cast, premiered on CBS in February 2000, lasting five episodes.
To hear something through the grapevine is to learn of something informally and unofficially by means of gossip or rumor.
The usual implication is that the information was passed person to person by word of mouth, perhaps in a confidential manner among friends or colleagues. It can also imply an overheard conversation or anonymous sources of information. For instance "I heard through the grapevine that Brad was getting fired."
Grapevine is the common name for plants of the genus Vitis. Other meanings include:
- Grapevine (gossip), a term often used to describe a form of communication by means of gossip or rumor, as in "heard it through the grapevine"
- Double fisherman's knot, used to join two lengths of rope
- Leglock in wrestling, grappling, and martial arts; a practitioner wrapping their a legs around a limb or limbs of their opponent to gain control or leverage.
In Media:
- Grapevine (dance move), a step pattern in several dances
- Homeless Grapevine, a street newspaper in Cleveland
- The Reykjavík Grapevine, an English language Icelandic magazine based in Reykjavík
- Grapevine (disk magazine), a disk magazine for the Commodore Amiga that was published by the demo scene group LSD
- Grapevine (TV series), a 1992 American program
Places:
- The Grapevine, a road grade from Grapevine, California, that leads up the Tehachapi Mountains to the Tejon Pass, connecting the California Central Valley with the Los Angeles area.
- Grapevine, Kentucky
- Grapevine, Texas
Usage examples of "grapevine".
Now the hospital grapevine would conclude that he intended to take a wife, and who better than Claribel Brown, who was a nice girl anyway?
At a respectful distance stood a sizeable crowd of somber and ragged citizens from the town, summoned by whatever served as a grapevine in that grapeless land.
North Rim of the Grand Canyon or the slopes of Denali in summer, crossing the Salt River or the Scablands, coming into Zion from the east, dropping into Panamint Valley from the west, rolling down the Phantom Canyon behind Pikes Peak, winding down Grapevine Canyon into Death Valley .
If he had, Jeffrey would have thought reports of such bizarre reactions would have filtered through the grapevine.
Rodney controlled the grapevine rumors and gossip and knew more about OPD lawyers and their caseloads than Glenda, the Director.
Tomorrow he would have Elvira, who could do more tricks with a six-inch dick than a monkey could with a hundred foot of grapevine, then he would heal and a new outsider would come through and they would train together and then they would mate in blood and sweat in the depths of the pit.
The graceful and fantastic grapevine is a feature of great beauty, and its wandering festoons bear no more resemblance to our well-trained vines, than our stunted azalias, and tiny magnolias, to their thriving American kindred.
Palestine, was smeared on the woody parts of grapevines to prevent the growth of smuts and moulds.
Here were low terraced hills planted to grapevines and a scrubby tree Paks had never seen before.
On the slopes, grapevines had sprouted tufts of furry greenish-white leaflets.
Avelyn images of the rolling hills, the wheatfields, and grapevines of Youmaneff.
She saw nothing of James, and heard on the grapevine that Clarissa had been flown to see a specialist in America who ran a clinic that had a spectacular record of success with her particular type of problem.
That was the extent of Corky Gonzales' involvement in the Salazar incident, and at a glance it seems hardly worth mentioning -- except for a rumor on the Los Angeles lawyers' grapevine that the robbery charge was only a ruse, a necessary holding action, to set Gonzales up for a "Chicano Seven" conspiracy bust -- charging that he came from Denver to Los Angeles with the intention of causing a riot.
Choked by briers and grapevines, blocked by sliding stones and earth, it rose and rose through the heat and burden of the day until it lost itself in the open heights.
Marlene's friends from overseas had heard about it… bullshit traveled all the way from South America to LA by the grapevine.