单词	scuttlebutt
释义	scuttlebuttscut‧tle‧butt /ˈskʌtlbʌt/ noun [uncountable] American English informal Word Origin WORD ORIGINscuttlebutt Origin: 1900-2000 scuttlebutt ‘container for a ship's drinking water’ (19-20 centuries), from scuttled ‘having a hole cut in it’ (18-19 centuries) (from ➔ SCUTTLE1) + butt ‘large container for liquid, barrel’ (15-21 centuries) (from Old French botte, from Late Latin buttis); because sailors gathered around the container to talk Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Seeing that he was getting impatient, Celestine sprung her surprise: a piece of academic scuttlebutt Lufkin had not known. The scuttlebutt says their contracts were not yet signed and that the pair were holding out for better terms and conditions. stories about other people’s personal lives, especially stories that are unkind or untrue SYN  gossip
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