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US
/ˈskətəɫˌbət/
]
[ UK /skˈʌtəlbˌʌt/ ]
[ UK /skˈʌtəlbˌʌt/ ]
NOUN
-
a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
the divorce caused much gossip
How To Use scuttlebutt In A Sentence
- The scuttlebutt is that the RNC might step in a help pay off those debts. Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Steele and Palin Deserve each Other
- Before scuttlebutt that Apple was working on a tablet started to heat up, no major PC manufacturer seemed to think that consumers wanted a general-purpose, touchscreen-only computing device.
- As far as the scuttlebutt goes, he's the one who made her pregnant. SUDDENLY
- Some of this scuttlebutt would have my name assigned to a mission. Riding Rockets
- Original: COO Tim Cook could be leaving Apple for the vacated CEO slot at HP, according to scuttlebutt that's going around.
- To test the accuracy of such scuttlebutt, you must next ring the flack representing the subject-company, with a wildly-exaggerated version of the dirt you got from his competitor.
- I heard rumors that you had returned, Capitan Hinds, but I thought it was mere scuttlebutt.
- UPDATE: Oh, I totally forgot, but the scuttlebutt is that Hotel Chevalier will be available for free download on the iTunes music store sometime today. Mini Review: Hotel Chevalier by Wes Anderson : #comments
- Asked to rubbish this scurrilous piece of scuttlebutt BT has sheepishly acknowledged that it is true.
- The scuttlebutt of late is that product labels containing statements such as ‘No Hormones’ or ‘Hormone Free’ are misleading American consumers.