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Synonymer

Uttal

    • IPA: /ˈskʌtəlbʌt/

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Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. (nautical, countable) A butt with a scuttle, a keg of drinking water with a hole cut in it, on board ship.
  2. (informal, uncountable) Gossip, rumour, idle chatter.

Exempel

  • Leaning over the scuttlebutt one afternoon, Bond suddenly realized he'd been gulping water for maybe a minute.
  • During the midwatch a radioman striker (that is, a seaman trying to advance to radioman third class) was taking a drink of water from the third-deck scuttlebutt.
  • We all grabbed towels that belonged to whoever lived there, and we wet them down in the scuttlebutt and wrapped them around our faces to filter out as much smoke as possible.
  • "That's the scuttlebutt," Bronson said defiantly. "You got some pet coolie down there you want to put in Chien's place."
  • His resolve not to worry about unfounded scuttlebutt lasted about two minutes.
  • Since their orders had come through, the “scuttlebutt” among the excited and curious crew had been of little besides the fabled “White City” [...].

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