SCUTTLEBUTT


Meaning of SCUTTLEBUTT in English

/ ˈskʌtlbʌt; NAmE / noun

[ U ] ( NAmE , slang ) stories about other people's private lives, that may be unkind or not true

SYN gossip

••

WORD ORIGIN

early 19th cent. (denoting a water butt on the deck of a ship, providing drinking water): from scuttled butt .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.