Scuttlebutt

Word SCUTTLEBUTT
Character 11
Hyphenation scut tle butt
Pronunciations /ˈskʌtəlbʌt/

Definitions and meanings of "Scuttlebutt"

What do we mean by scuttlebutt?

A cask on a ship used to hold the day's supply of drinking water. noun

A drinking fountain on a ship. noun

Gossip; rumor. noun

Nautical, a cask or butt having a scuttle or hole cut in it for the introduction of a cup or dipper, and used to hold drinking-water. Also called scuttle-cask. noun

See scuttle butt. noun

A drinking fountain on board a ship or at a naval station. noun

The latest gossip; rumors. noun

A butt with a scuttle, a keg of drinking water with a hole cut in it, on board ship. noun

Gossip, rumour, idle chatter. noun

A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people noun

A butt with a scuttle, a keg of drinking water with a hole cut in it, on board ship.

Gossip, rumour, idle chatter.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Scuttlebutt

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The word "scuttlebutt" in example sentences

The scuttlebutt is that the RNC might step in a help pay off those debts. ❋ Earl Ofari Hutchinson (2010)

So the latest scuttlebutt is that Google and Dell are getting together and bashing out the first Android phone. ❋ Unknown (2008)

They refuse to give me firm data, but the scuttlebutt is that AT&T is doing likewise. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"" As far as why the junta-connected were so interested in adopting children, the scuttlebutt is that the military culture of 1970s Argentina involved lots of visits to prostitutes. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Okay, so, the scuttlebutt is writers should stay in touch with their readers. ❋ Unknown (2007)

UPDATE: Oh, I totally forgot, but the scuttlebutt is that Hotel Chevalier will be available for free download on the iTunes music store sometime today. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Such details fall into the category of "scuttlebutt" - which is another term for "urban legend". ❋ Unknown (2009)

But that’s just scuttlebutt from the Way, Way Out Left. datingjesus ❋ Unknown (2009)

That doesn’t mean the soap won’t try, but the scuttlebutt is that when David stops shooting in March, Adam will leave Pine Valley alive. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The scuttlebutt is that after back-to-back flops from the director, this Friday’s release puts him in a make or break situation. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But industry scuttlebutt is that Marvel Studios threw some of Tony Stark’s excess cash at Favreau and now it’s all good. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The scuttlebutt was the bride was down on the beach with a bad case of cold feet, which was borne out a few months later when the marriage broke up. ❋ Fred Goodman (2010)

The scuttlebutt is a tad convoluted – and like any alleged love tryst – twisted wickedly in the wind enough to cause tongues to wag! ❋ Unknown (2008)

Just as today's office workers gather about the water cooler to exchange chitchat and rumor, crewmen stood around the scuttled butts to trade scuttlebutt, which is how the word came to mean ` gossip. ' ❋ Unknown (1984)

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