Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cask on a ship used to hold the day's supply of drinking water.
- noun A drinking fountain on a ship.
- noun Slang Gossip; rumor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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 .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See scuttle butt.
- noun A drinking fountain on board a ship or at a naval station.
- noun The latest gossip; rumors.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical, countable A
butt with ascuttle , akeg of drinkingwater with a hole cut in it, on boardship . - noun informal, uncountable
Gossip , rumour, idlechatter .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The scuttlebutt is that the RNC might step in a help pay off those debts.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Steele and Palin Deserve each Other Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2010
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The scuttlebutt is that the RNC might step in a help pay off those debts.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Steele and Palin Deserve each Other Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2010
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The scuttlebutt is that the RNC might step in a help pay off those debts.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Steele and Palin Deserve each Other Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2010
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So the latest scuttlebutt is that Google and Dell are getting together and bashing out the first Android phone.
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They refuse to give me firm data, but the scuttlebutt is that AT&T is doing likewise.
Comcast’s Blurry High Definition Picture - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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"" 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.
Boing Boing 2008
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Okay, so, the scuttlebutt is writers should stay in touch with their readers.
April 2007 2007
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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.
Mini Review: Hotel Chevalier by Wes Anderson : #comments 2007
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Okay, so, the scuttlebutt is writers should stay in touch with their readers.
Email Ejection 2007
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Such details fall into the category of "scuttlebutt" - which is another term for "urban legend".
Mudville Gazette 2009
ecrivaine33 commented on the word scuttlebutt
Maybe if I had spent less time keying into the words people were saying and more time making the rounds, I would have met more people, hmmm? LOL.
But, what can I say, I am a logophile of the worst kind : )
December 15, 2006
trivet commented on the word scuttlebutt
The original water cooler?
March 5, 2007
abraxaszugzwang commented on the word scuttlebutt
Dwight, did you move the water cooler again just for the scuttlebutt?
March 5, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word scuttlebutt
Link courtesy of reesetee (on the taken aback page).
November 30, 2007
reesetee commented on the word scuttlebutt
So, c_b, which of us is doing the list? :-)
November 30, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word scuttlebutt
Umm... I vote you!
November 30, 2007
reesetee commented on the word scuttlebutt
Okay. Just didn't want to step on your bear claws. :-)
November 30, 2007