What does scuttlebutt mean?

Definitions for scuttlebutt
ˈskʌt lˌbʌtscut·tle·butt

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. gossip, comment, scuttlebuttnoun

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

    "the divorce caused much gossip"

GCIDE

  1. scuttlebuttnoun

    See scuttle butt.

  2. scuttlebuttnoun

    A drinking fountain on board a ship or at a naval station.

  3. scuttlebuttnoun

    The latest gossip; rumors.

Wiktionary

  1. scuttlebuttnoun

    A butt with a scuttle, a keg of drinking water with a hole cut in it, on board ship.

  2. scuttlebuttnoun

    Gossip, rumour, idle chatter.

  3. Etymology: . In sense of gossip, because sailors would gather around the scuttlebutt to drink and exchange gossip; compare water cooler and furphy.

Wikipedia

  1. Scuttlebutt

    Scuttlebutt in slang usage means rumor or gossip, deriving from the nautical term for the cask used to serve water (or, later, a water fountain).The term corresponds to the colloquial concept of a water cooler in an office setting, which at times becomes the focus of congregation and casual discussion. Water for immediate consumption on a sailing ship was conventionally stored in a scuttled butt: a butt (cask) which had been scuttled by making a hole in it so the water could be withdrawn. Since sailors exchanged gossip when they gathered at the scuttlebutt for a drink of water, scuttlebutt became Navy slang for gossip or rumours.

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  1. scuttlebutt

    Scuttlebutt commonly refers to rumor or gossip. It's information or talk that is spread informally or unofficially, not backed by evidence or often concerning personal or trivial matters. The term originally came from naval slang, referring to a cask of drinking water for the ship's crew, where sailors would gather and exchange rumors or gossip.

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  1. Scuttlebutt

    Scuttlebutt in slang usage means rumor or gossip, deriving from the nautical term for the cask used to serve water. The term corresponds to the colloquial concept of a water cooler in an office setting, which at times becomes the focus of congregation and casual discussion. Water for immediate consumption on a sailing ship was conventionally stored in a scuttled butt: a butt which had been scuttled by making a hole in it so the water could be withdrawn. Since sailors exchanged gossip when they gathered at the scuttlebutt for a drink of water, scuttlebutt became Navy slang for gossip or rumours.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of scuttlebutt in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of scuttlebutt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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