流言

rumor / gossip / to spread rumors

to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade

words / speech / to say / to talk

rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip / lies and slanders

Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.