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How to pronounce “scuttlebutt”
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Pronunciation guide for scuttlebutt
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of scuttlebutt with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 4 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Warren Buffett's Ground Rules
And the differentiated view came from he doing scuttlebutt
- Definition summary
- (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.
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How to pronounce scuttlebutt
Warren Buffett's Ground Rules
And the differentiated view came from he doing scuttlebutt
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “scuttlebutt”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (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.
- (uncountable, originally US, nautical slang) Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.
- [Verb]
- (transitive, rare) To spread (information) by way of gossip or rumour.
- (intransitive) To chat idly or gossip; also, to spread rumours.
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