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    [Noun]  | "scut*tle*butt" | \ ˈskə-tᵊl-ˌbət \


    1: a cask on shipboard to contain fresh water for a day's use

    2: a drinking fountain on a ship or at a naval or marine installation

    3: rumor, gossip


    Origin: circa 1805 ;

     Alteration of scuttled butt butt with a hole cut into it;

    [Noun]  | "scuttlebutt" 


    1: information or opinion that is widely disseminated without any authority or confirmation of accuracy;


      * e.g., " ... according to scuttlebutt in the financial markets, the company will be downsizing soon "



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     [ "scuttlebutt" ]

    1: Word on the street/rumor

      * e.g.,  ... Well the scuttlebutt around here is that you banged a whore for your first time. 

     [ "scuttlebutt" ]

    1:  (Slang) Gossip; rumor

      * e.g.,  ... I was hanging out at the scuttlebutt, waiting to get some water when I heard some good scuttlebutt on Vern and an inflatable sheep. 


     [ "scuttlebutt" ]

    2:  (Nautical) A drinking fountain on a ship; a cask on a ship used to hold the day's supply of drinking water.


     [ "scuttlebutt" ]

    3:  (noun) a report (often malicious) about the doings of other people

     [ "scuttlebutt" ]

    1: Rumors and gossip(navy)

      * e.g.,  ... That site is a good way to spread unwanted scuttlebutt. 

     [ "scuttlebutt" ]

    1:  pish-posh, lies, rumors, obviously false statement

      * e.g.,  ... Demi and Joe are dating? That's SUCH scuttlebutt! 


     [ "scuttlebutt" ]

    2:  a person who lies or spreads rumors


     [ "scuttlebutt" ]

    3:  a group on myspace for people who like to make up words

     [ "scuttlebutt" ]

    1: Drinking fountain

      * e.g.,  ... So i'm goin to fill up my canteen over at the scuttlebutt. 

     [ "scuttlebutt" ]

    1: the immense amount of sweat in sweltering heat seen on ones ass.

      * e.g.,  ... In the 90 degree summer, Mitch's scuttlebutt is quite apparent. 

     [ "scuttlebutt" ]

    1: a sexually transmitted infection that causes rash, irritation, and barnacles at the rectal region

      * e.g.,  ... Oh man, she got that scuttlebutt. 

     [ "scuttlebutt" ]

    1: Normally someone acting like a bitch.Call them a scuttlebutt...They wont know what you just called them:)

      * e.g.,  ... annoyed girl-wow..youre a scuttlebutt!! bitchy girl-um what??? (all confused and stuff.) anooyed girl just smiles:) 

     [ "the scuttlebutt" ]

    1: the scuttlebutt: rumor/gossip. It's actually a nautical term for a cask used to serve water for immediate consumption. Sailors would gossip around the scuttlebutt while congregating for a drink of water.

      * e.g.,  ... Sailors always congregate around the scuttlebutt to find out the latest gossip on the ship! 

     [ "Scuttlebutt" ]

    1: A strip club located in Slidell, Louisiana which is about 30 minuets away from new orleans. Any one who lives here could tell you that Scuttlebutt is a strip club full of white trash/chunky/nasty chicks.

      * e.g.,  ... me: have you ever been to scuttlebutts 


     [ "Scuttlebutt" ]

    2: Go to Bourbon st. for a real strip club.

      * e.g.,  ... dad: yea, me and paul saw a girl there with one arm, we call her flipper. roger:did you hear that ---- works at scuttlebutt now? 

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