scuttlebutt

Etymology


The is derived from. (“gossip, idle chatter; rumour”) refers to the fact that sailors would gather around the scuttlebutt to drink and exchange gossip; compare and.

The is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1)  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)  Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.
 * 1)  Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.
 * 1)  Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.
 * 1)  Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.
 * 1)  Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.
 * 1)  Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.
 * 1)  Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.
 * 1)  Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.
 * 1)  Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.
 * 1)  Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.
 * 1)  Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: бъчва с вода за пиене
 * Finnish: reiällinen vesitynnyri
 * Hebrew: חבית מי ש׳
 * Macedonian: бу́ре за во́да
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Macedonian: гла́сови, слу́х
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Ukrainian: плі́тка

Verb

 * 1)  To spread (information) by way of gossip or rumour.
 * 2)  To chat idly or gossip; also, to spread rumours.
 * 1)  To chat idly or gossip; also, to spread rumours.
 * 1)  To chat idly or gossip; also, to spread rumours.
 * 1)  To chat idly or gossip; also, to spread rumours.
 * 1)  To chat idly or gossip; also, to spread rumours.

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish: levittää juoruja
 * Macedonian: