Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word SCUTTLEBUTT
SCUTTLEBUTT
Definitions of SCUTTLEBUTT
- (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, nauticalslang) Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.
- (transitive, rare) To spread (information) by way of gossip or rumour.
- (intransitive) To chat idly or gossip; also, to spread rumours.
Number of letters
11
Is palindrome
No
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Examples of Using SCUTTLEBUTT in a Sentence
- Because these water carts were placed where people gathered and talked, the story goes, suspiciously just like an American office watercooler, a "furphy" became the name for the sort of chatter that circulated by the Furphy tank (see the similar meaning and derivation of the term scuttlebutt).
- Fisher is remembered for using and proliferating the "scuttlebutt" or "grape vine" tool, in which he searched fastidiously for information about a company.
- Hoisting the scuttlebutt is an event that Sea Scouts participate in during regattas such as the Old Salts Regatta.
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