| grapevine | |
| 1. n. The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow. | |
| Although many grape vines have geographical names, those rarely reflect their real origin, if known at all. | |
| 2. n. A rumor. | |
| 3. n. An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip. | |
| I heard through the grapevine that Jim will be leaving soon. | |
| 4. n. (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. n. (wrestling) A leglock. | |
| 6. v. (transitive, wrestling) To restrain in a leglock. | |
