English noun: scuttlebutt | |||
1. | scuttlebutt (communication) a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people | ||
Samples | The divorce caused much gossip. | ||
Synonyms | comment, gossip | ||
Broader (hypernym) | account, report | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dirt, earful, grapevine, hearsay, malicious gossip, pipeline, rumor, rumour, scandal, talk, talk of the town, word of mouth | ||