scuttlebutt
Synonyymisanakirja
scuttlebutt
raportointi, selostus, vuodatus, juoru, kulkupuhe, huomautus, kommentti, huhu, huhupuhe, kuulopuhe, puskaradio, viidakkorumpu, suullisesti leviävä tieto, suusanallisesti, suusta suuhun, hevosmiesten uutistoimisto, skandaali, loka, ilkeä huhu, törky.
Englannin sanakirja
scuttlebutt (englanti > suomi)
scuttlebutt englanniksi
puhekieltä A butt with a scuttle, a keg of drinking water with a hole cut in it, on board ship.
1986, John Wheatcroft, Slow Exposures, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=cAbyae_w9BMC&pg=PA114&dq=%22scuttlebutt%22&hl=en&ei=ZxXBTaaRKYSsugPjnsitBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=86&ved=0CLMDEOgBMFUv=onepage&q=%22scuttlebutt%22&f=false page 114,
1991, Paul Stillwell, Battleship Arizona: An Illustrated History, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RBmfJYzwapIC&pg=PA79&dq=%22scuttlebutt%22&hl=en&ei=ZxXBTaaRKYSsugPjnsitBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=91&ved=0CMwDEOgBMFov=onepage&q=%22scuttlebutt%22&f=false page 79,
2007, Joseph A. Springer, Inferno: The Epic Life and Death Struggle of the USS Franklin in World War II, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-4gBX6nCumUC&pg=PA218&dq=%22scuttlebutt%22&hl=en&ei=qRvBTaLoJoKyvwPpm4SbBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=74&ved=0CPgCEOgBMEk4ZAv=onepage&q=%22scuttlebutt%22&f=false page 218,
puhekieltä gossip Gossip, rumour, idle chatter.
1962, Richard McKenna, The Sand Pebbles, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=sw5bAAAAMAAJ&q=%22scuttlebutt%22&dq=%22scuttlebutt%22&hl=en&ei=qRvBTaLoJoKyvwPpm4SbBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAzhk page 137,
2003, Len Custer, Called to Serve: A Historical Novel of the Korean War, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_aI_wiXr_rEC&pg=PA211&dq=%22scuttlebutt%22&hl=en&ei=ZxXBTaaRKYSsugPjnsitBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=39&ved=0CNkBEOgBMCYv=onepage&q=%22scuttlebutt%22&f=false page 211,
2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 3: