scuttlebutt

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Originally , a cask with a hole cut into its top, used to provide drinking water on board a ship; now , a drinking fountain on a modern ship.
2. noun Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.
3. verb To spread (information) by way of gossip or rumour.
4. verb To chat idly or gossip; also, to spread rumours.

Similar words

comment gossip info talk rumor scuttle-butt scuttlebug scuttle scupper skuttle

Often followed by

was about had that is and has in on

Word family

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