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Definition of
scuttlebutt noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
scuttlebutt
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈskʌt̮lˌbʌt
/
/
[
uncountable
]
(
slang
)
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stories about other people's private lives, that may be unkind or not true
synonym
gossip
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scuttlebutt
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