scuttlebutt

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scuttlebutt teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı

A butt with a scuttle, a keg of drinking water with a hole cut in it, on board ship, around which sailors would gossip

Gossip, rumour, idle chatter

Since their orders had come through, the “scuttlebutt” among the excited and curious crew had been of little besides the fabled “White City” .

{i} barrel of drinking water on a ship (Nautical); rumor, gossip (Slang)

a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip"

A keg of water on board ship, around which sailors would gossip

stories about other people's personal lives, especially stories that are unkind or untrue = gossip (scuttlebutt (19-20 centuries), from scuttled (18-19 centuries) (from SCUTTLE) + butt (15-21 centuries) (from botte, from buttis); because sailors gathered around the container to talk)

Heceleme

scut·tle·butt

Türkçe nasıl söylenir

skʌtılbʌt

Eş anlamlılar

scuttle-cask, babble, back-fence talk, blather, chatter, chitchat, dirty laundry, grapevine, hearsay, meddling, prattle, rumor, talk

Telaffuz

/ˈskətəlˌbət/ /ˈskʌtəlˌbʌt/

Etimoloji

[ 'sk&-t&l-"b ] (noun.) 1805. scuttle +‎ butt. In sense of gossip, because people would gather around the scuttlebutt to drink and exchange gossip; compare water cooler.