| 单词 | scuttlebutt |
| 释义 | scuttlebutt (once / 110461 pages) n WORD FAMILY scuttlebutt USAGE EXAMPLESWhen I first moved to L.A., the scuttlebutt was “Titanic” would bring down two studios. New York Times(Dec 05, 2016) Typically, such scuttlebutt usually wound up with the speculation that the lawmaker may be thinking privately about running for governor back home. Washington Times(Nov 17, 2016) Chatter comes up from time to time that he still has the NFL itch, but it never gets past the scuttlebutt stage. Washington Post(Nov 01, 2016) n a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people Syn|Hypo|Hyper comment, gossip earful an outpouring of gossip hearsay, rumor, rumourgossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth grapevine, pipeline, word of mouthgossip spread by spoken communication dirt, malicious gossip, scandaldisgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people talk, talk of the townidle gossip or rumor account, report the act of informing by verbal report |
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