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scuttlebutt

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Is scuttlebutt a Scrabble word?

Yes, scuttlebutt is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 15 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of scuttlebutt?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (countable, nautical) Originally (now chiefly historical), a cask with a hole cut into its top, used to provide drinking water on board a ship; now (by extension, informal), a drinking fountain on a modern ship.Examples: "[S]o they continue to fire as directed, until they are either sent down to the cock-pit themselves, or have a momentary respite from their exertions, when, choaked with smoke and gunpowder, they go aft to the scuttle-butt, to remove their parching thirst."; "In this way, with an occasional break by relieving the wheel, heaving the log, and going to the scuttle-butt for a drink of water, the longest watch was passed away; […]"; "The scuttle-butt is a goodly, round, painted cask, standing on end, and with its upper head removed, showing a narrow circular shelf within, where rest a number of tin cups for the accommodation of drinkers. Central, within the scuttle-butt itself, stands an iron pump, which, connecting with the immense water-tanks in the hold, furnishes an unfailing supply of the much-admired Pale Ale, first brewed in the brooks of the Garden of Eden, and stamped with the brand of our old father Adam, who never knew what wine was."Synonyms: scuttle-caskcountable

2. (uncountable, originally US, nautical slang) Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.Examples: ""That's the scuttlebutt," Bronson said defiantly. "You got some pet coolie down there you want to put in Chien's place." / "Who told you that?" / "It's just scuttlebutt." / "Scuttlebutt travels on words." Holman's voice was shaking. "You tell me one man you heard say that, or I'll beat your fat face in!""; "His resolve not to worry about unfounded scuttlebutt lasted about two minutes."; "They were bound this day for the city of Chicago, and the World's Columbian Exposition recently opened there. Since their orders had come through, the "scuttlebutt" among the excited and curious crew had been of little besides the fabled "White City," […]"Synonyms: furphy, babble, bavardage, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blabbing, blatherslanguncountable

verb (English)

1. (transitive, rare) To spread (information) by way of gossip or rumour.Examples: "The Pentagon rumor factory hasn't been very busy lately, but some reports are being scuttlebutted about that the U.S. military chiefs are being downgraded in the pecking order and that their military advice has been bypassed or ignored by the Carter Administration."; "[B]ased on information coming back to the community after the initial review at the regional level, a concern that there was someone or some entity at the regional office that—who had a purposeful intent of scuttlebutting the Summit sale."; "Despite my sister's story, I am pretty sure they would have dismissed the bride story as so much malarkey scuttlebutted about by the town "talkers.""rareslangtransitive

2. (intransitive) To chat idly or gossip; also, to spread rumours.Examples: "During the fighting for Manila, it was scuttle-butted among the troops that they must never put pin-up pictures on the walls of the Manila Hotel because Mrs. [Douglas] MacArthur owned fifty per cent of the property and Brigadier General Courtney Whitney, of MacArthur's staff, owned the other half."; "Could that picture (of the water skiier taking a spill in the April issue) possibly be the latest development in the "one man helicopter" which is currently scuttlebutting around the aviation underground?"; "Isn't it scuttlebutted and kicked around that if Litton is successful that it will use its yard down at Pascagula, Miss.? Isn't that generally understood between you two gentlemen?"intransitiveslang

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "scuttlebutt"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "scuttlebutt"?

Scrabble
15 points
S1
C3
U1
T1
T1
L1
E1
B3
U1
T1
T1
Words With Friends
20 points
S1
C4
U2
T1
T1
L2
E1
B4
U2
T1
T1

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