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Scuttlebutt

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Noun

1. comment, gossip, scuttlebutt

a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people

Example Sentences:
'the divorce caused much gossip'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Scuttlebutt

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noun nautical
1. 
a drinking fountain
2. 
(formerly) a cask of drinking water aboard a ship
3. mainly US slang
rumour or gossip

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Scuttlebutt

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noun
1.  Nautical
a drinking fountain on shipboard
2.  US, Informal
rumor or gossip

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Scuttlebutt

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n.
1. Nautical
a. A cask on a ship used to hold the day's supply of drinking water.
b. A drinking fountain on a ship.
2. Slang Gossip; rumor.

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