grapevine

See also: Grapevine

English

Grapevines

Etymology

grape +‎ vine

Noun

grapevine (plural grapevines)

1. 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. A rumor.
3. An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.

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

   • 1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, “The Shadow of the Bat”, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, pages 6–7:

     The Bat—they called him the Bat. […] Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.

4. (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. (wrestling) A leglock.

Synonyms

• (informal person-to-person means of circulating information): bush telegraph, jungle telegraph, mulga wire, rumor mill

Derived terms

Derived terms

• grapevine knot
• grapevine moth

• grapevine weevil
• hear something through the grapevine

Translations

the plant on which grapes grow

• Arabic: جَفْنَة f (jafna)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܓܦܬܐ f (gəp̄ettāʾ)

• Armenian: խաղողի որթ (xaġoġi ortʻ), վազ (hy) (vaz), խաղող (hy) (xaġoġ), որթ (hy) (ortʻ)
• Asturian: uvar f
• Bulgarian: лоза (bg) f (loza)
• Burmese: စပျစ်ပင် (my) (ca.pyacpang)
• Catalan: parra f, vinya (ca) f
• Chichewa: mpesa
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 葡萄藤 (zh) (pútaoténg)

• Classical Nahuatl: xocomecatl
• Cornish: gwinbren m
• Czech: vinná réva (cs) f
• Danish: vinstok c
• Dutch: wijnstok (nl) m, wijnrank (nl) m
• Esperanto: vito (eo), vinberujo (eo), vinberarbo
• Finnish: viiniköynnös (fi)
• French: vigne (fr) f
• Galician: vide (gl) f
• Georgian: ვაზი (vazi)
• German: Weinstock (de) m, Rebstock (de) m
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 n (weinatriu)
• Greek: κλήμα (el) n (klíma), αμπέλι (el) n (ampéli), άμπελος (el) f (ámpelos)

  Ancient: ἄμπελος f (ámpelos)

• Hebrew: גֶּפֶן (he) f (géfen)
• Icelandic: vínviður m
• Ido: vito (io)
• Interlingua: vite
• Interlingue: ,
• Italian: vite (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 葡萄の蔓 (budō no tsuru)
• Korean: 포도 덩굴 (podo deonggul)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مێو (mêw)

  Northern Kurdish: mêw (ku)

• Latin: vinea f
• Lithuanian: vynuogenojas m
• Macedonian: лоза f (loza)
• Manchu: ᡴᡠᠪᡠᡵᡥᡝᠨ (kuburhen)
• Manx: billey feeyn m, billey feeyney m
• Maori: aka wāina
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vinranke m

  Nynorsk: vinranke f

• Novial: please add this translation if you can
• Ottoman Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: تاک (fa) (tâk), مو (fa) (mow), رز (fa) (raz)
• Polish: winorośl (pl) f
• Portuguese: videira (pt) f, parreira (pt) f
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: viță de vie
• Russian: виногра́д (ru) m (vinográd), виногра́дная лоза́ f (vinográdnaja lozá)
• Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: vid (es) f, parra (es) f
• Swahili: mzabibu (sw)
• Swedish: vinranka (sv) c
• Turkish: üzüm asması (tr)
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can
• Uyghur: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: cây (vi) nho (vi)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: gwinwydden f
• Zazaki: mew

informal means of circulating gossip

• Bulgarian: лъжлив слух (lǎžliv sluh)
• Dutch: geruchtenmolen, tamtam (nl)
• Finnish: puskaradio (fi), hevosmiesten uutistoimisto, juoru (fi)
• French: rumeur (fr) f, téléphone arabe (fr) m
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• German: Gerüchteküche (de) f, Buschtrommel (de) f, Buschtrommeln (de) pl or f, Urwaldtrommel f, Flurfunk (de) m, Gerüchteküche (de) f
• Italian: tam-tam (it) m
• Japanese: 噂 (ja) (うわさ, uwasa)
• Russian: сарафа́нное ра́дио (ru) n (sarafánnoje rádio)
• Spanish: rumor (es) m, radio macuto

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 葡萄樹／葡萄树 (pútáoshù), ^{(please verify)} 葡萄树 (pútáoshù)
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• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} vita de vie

Verb

1. (transitive, wrestling) To restrain in a leglock.