English
wikipedia
Etymology
From scuttle + butt.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�sk�t�lb�t/
Noun
en-noun|s|-
- context|nautical|countable A keg of water on board ship, around which sailors would gossip.
- context|informal|uncountable gossip|Gossip, rumour, idle chatter.
#*2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 3:
#*:Since their orders had come through, the �scuttlebutt� among the excited and curious crew had been of little besides the fabled �White City� [...].
See also
water cooler
fa:scuttlebutt
ru:scuttlebutt
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