ลือกระหน่ำ(leu grà-nàm)

Meanings

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[to] spread like wildfire (rumors/news)

For rumors or news to spread intensely and very widely, as if in a downpour.

Examples

หลังจากlăng jàakหลังจากlăng jàak1after; subsequent to (time)2after; once (clause)ข่าวkàaoข่าวkàao1news; news report2news item; report3rumor; hearsayหลุดออกมาlùt òk maaหลุดออกมาlùt òk maa1[to] come off; [to] fall out2[to] slip out; [of info] leak outไม่นานmâi naanไม่นานmâi naan1soon; shortly2briefly; not for long3recently; not long agoก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerลือกระหน่ำleu grà-nàmลือกระหน่ำleu grà-nàm[to] spread like wildfire (rumors/news)ทั้งtángทั้งtáng1whole; entire2all3both4altogether; entirely5even; as many/much asออฟฟิศóf-fítออฟฟิศóf-fítoffice; workplace (loanword)
After the news leaked, rumors spread intensely throughout the office.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ลือleuลือleu[to] spread rumors; be rumored; rumor has itPart 1
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กระหน่ำgrà-nàmกระหน่ำgrà-nàm1[to] pound; pelt; come down in torrents2[to] do relentlessly; do in rapid or repeated successionPart 2
ลือกระหน่ำleu grà-nàmลือกระหน่ำleu grà-nàm[to] spread like wildfire (rumors/news)