the scuttlebutt: rumor/gossip. It's actually a nautical term for a cask used to serve water for immediate consumption. Sailors would gossip around the scuttlebutt while congregating for a drink of water.
Sailors always congregate around the scuttlebutt to find out the latest gossip on the ship!
by The Scuttlebutt January 26, 2014
Get the the scuttlebutt mug.
1. (Slang) Gossip; rumor
2. (Nautical) A drinking fountain on a ship; a cask on a ship used to hold the day's supply of drinking water.
3. (noun) a report (often malicious) about the doings of other people
I was hanging out at the scuttlebutt, waiting to get some water when I heard some good scuttlebutt on Vern and an inflatable sheep.
by message_tied_to_a_brick July 1, 2004
Get the scuttlebutt mug.
That site is a good way to spread unwanted scuttlebutt.
by Light Joker January 15, 2005
Get the scuttlebutt mug.
A strip club located in Slidell, Louisiana which is about 30 minuets away from new orleans. Any one who lives here could tell you that Scuttlebutt is a strip club full of white trash/chunky/nasty chicks.
Go to Bourbon st. for a real strip club.
me: have you ever been to scuttlebutts
dad: yea, me and paul saw a girl there with one arm, we call her flipper.

roger:did you hear that ---- works at scuttlebutt now?
me: hahahaha no way
by shittylitkjkj January 13, 2010
Get the Scuttlebutt mug.
1. pish-posh, lies, rumors, obviously false statement
2. a person who lies or spreads rumors
3. a group on myspace for people who like to make up words
Demi and Joe are dating? That's SUCH scuttlebutt!
by alanapandadouche March 14, 2008
Get the scuttlebutt mug.
The act of a dog dragging its ass across the carpet.
Moooommmm, your dog scuttlebutted across your floor again! (being yelled from the basement of your parents house)
by doglover4ever February 4, 2010
Get the Scuttlebutt mug.