scuttlebutt[noun]Synonyms: report, buzz, cry, gossip, grapevine, hearsay, on-dit, rumble, rumor, talk
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
scut‧tle‧butt /ˈskʌtlbʌt/
noun [uncountable] American English informal[
Date: 1900-2000;
Origin: scuttlebutt 'container for a ship's drinking water' (19-20 centuries), from scuttled 'having a hole cut in it' (18-19 centuries) (from ⇒ scuttle1) + butt 'large container for liquid, barrel' (15-21 centuries) (from Old French botte, from Late Latin buttis); because sailors gathered around the container to talk]
stories about other people’s personal lives, especially stories that are unkind or untrue
Synonym : gossip [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲