scuttlebutt
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lˌbʌt noun
1.
Nautical.
a.
an open cask of drinking water.
b.
a drinking fountain for use by the crew of a vessel.
2.
Informal. rumor or gossip.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a drinking fountain |
| 2. | (formerly) a cask of drinking water aboard a ship |
| 3. | slang chiefly (US) rumour or gossip |
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Scuttlebutt
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Word Origin & History
scuttlebutt
1805, "water cask kept on a ship's deck," from scuttle "opening in a ship's deck" (see scuttle (v.2)) + butt "barrel." Earlier scuttle cask (1777). Meaning "rumor, gossip" first recorded 1901, originally nautical slang, traditionally said to be from sailors' custom of gathering around the scuttlebutt
to gossip.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Give us any scuttlebutt you might have of rumors of takeovers and acquisitions as such.
The tie-in was a rickety link to scuttlebutt on the web about it, but that's about it.
Yes, they rise and fall with every paranoid scuttlebutt of the marketplace, but the general direction is definitely north.
Everyone monitors the scuttlebutt about promotions and overtime far more diligently than their meteorological instruments.
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