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scuttlebutt

/skuht-l-buht/US // ˈskʌt lˌbʌt //UK // (ˈskʌtəlˌbʌt) //

闲言碎语,趣闻,谣言,闲话

Related Words

blather胡言乱语,胡说八道,废话连篇hearsay道听途说,传闻,流言蜚语,传言grapevine葡萄藤,葡萄树,葡萄架,萄萄糖meddling多管闲事,多管闲事的人,多管闲事的,多事之秋chitchat闲聊,调侃,闲谈,调侃一下talk说话,谈话,谈,谈论babble咿呀学语,咿咿呀呀,狒狒,咿呀prattle唠叨,唠唠叨叨,喋喋不休,絮絮叨叨chatter唠叨,喋喋不休,唠叨声,聊天rumor谣言,谣传,传闻,流言dirty laundry脏衣服,脏衣,脏衣物,肮脏的衣服

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Nautical. an open cask of drinking water.a drinking fountain for use by the crew of a vessel.
    • : Informal. rumor or gossip.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noungossip
Synonyms
babble咿呀学语,咿咿呀呀,狒狒,咿呀blather胡言乱语,胡说八道,废话连篇chatter唠叨,喋喋不休,唠叨声,聊天chitchat闲聊,调侃,闲谈,调侃一下grapevine葡萄藤,葡萄树,葡萄架,萄萄糖hearsay道听途说,传闻,流言蜚语,传言meddling多管闲事,多管闲事的人,多管闲事的,多事之秋prattle唠叨,唠唠叨叨,喋喋不休,絮絮叨叨rumor谣言,谣传,传闻,流言talk说话,谈话,谈,谈论back-fence talk背后栅栏之说,背后栅栏的谈话,背后栅栏谈话,背后栅栏的话题dirty laundry脏衣服,脏衣,脏衣物,肮脏的衣服

Examples

  • We are not encouraged to go into the office, and current scuttlebutt is that we will never go back — or, at most, it would be two days a week.

  • That brought a response from John Rutledge, who ran a Florida-based newsletter, The Scuttlebutt.

  • Rutledge ran a story in The Scuttlebutt, and Patsy got a phone call from man saying he was her sailor.

  • But amid all the celebrity scuttlebutt the paper never quite lost a flair for serious investigative journalism.

  • "Just understand that I don't give a hoot in a scuttlebutt if you do turn me over to the police," pursued the man.

  • I was about to lead him aft, but his eye caught sight of a scuttlebutt, and the tin-pot on its head.

  • I got that from the scuttlebutt, one of the guys who knew him from overseas.

  • Was there any scuttlebutt or rumor that he shot himself to get out of the service?

  • But any matter, it was pure scuttlebutt; it was pure speculation?

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