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scutigerella immaculata |
scutigeridae |
scutiped |
scutter |
scuttle |
scuttlebutt
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scuttlebutt
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun scuttlebutt has 1 sense
- scuttlebutt(n = noun.communication) comment, gossip - a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip" is a kind of account, report
has particulars: earful, hearsay, rumor, rumour, grapevine, pipeline, word of mouth, dirt, malicious gossip, scandal, talk, talk of the town
CIDE DICTIONARY
scuttlebutt, n.
- See
scuttle butt . [PJC] - A drinking fountain on board a ship or at a naval station. [PJC]
- The latest gossip; rumors. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scuttlebutt, n.
1 a water-butt on the deck of a ship, for drinking from.
2 colloq. rumour, gossip.
1 a water-butt on the deck of a ship, for drinking from.
2 colloq. rumour, gossip.
THESAURUS
scuttlebutt
bruit, buzz, canard, common talk, cry, flying rumor, gossip, grapevine, hearsay, idea afloat, latrine rumor, news stirring, on-dit, report, roorback, rumble, rumor, talk, town talk, unconfirmed report, whisper
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