scuttlebutt
IPA: skˈʌtʌɫbʌt
noun
- (countable, nautical) Originally (now chiefly historical), a cask with a hole cut into its top, used to provide drinking water on board a ship; now (by extension, informal), a drinking fountain on a modern ship.
- (uncountable, originally US, nautical slang) Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.
verb
- (transitive, rare) To spread (information) by way of gossip or rumour.
- (intransitive) To chat idly or gossip; also, to spread rumours.
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Examples of "scuttlebutt" in Sentences
- The scuttlebutt around the office is that layoffs are on the horizon
- I heard some interesting scuttlebutt at the party last night about a new restaurant opening in town
- The scuttlebutt among the students was that the math test was going to be really hard
- Despite the scuttlebutt, the CEO assured employees that there were no plans for a merger
- The scuttlebutt about the upcoming company picnic spread quickly throughout the office
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