scuttlebutting

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A form of scuttlebutt — 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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Meanings

verb

alternative scuttle-butting

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of scuttlebutt
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APA

scuttlebutting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scuttlebutting

MLA

“scuttlebutting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scuttlebutting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scuttlebutting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scuttlebutting.

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