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scuttlebutt verb

  /ˈskʌtəlbʌt/ , /ˈskʌtəlˌbʌt/ , [-ɾəl-]
  • (transitive, rare) To spread (information) by way of gossip or rumour.
 huhuta, levittää
  • (intransitive) To chat idly or gossip; also, to spread rumours.
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scuttlebutt noun

  /ˈskʌtəlbʌt/ , /ˈskʌtəlˌbʌt/ , [-ɾəl-]
  • (uncountable, originally, US, nautical, _, slang) Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.
 huhupuhe
  • (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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