How to Use scuttlebutt in a Sentence

scuttlebutt

noun
  • At least, that’s the scuttlebutt among some stats-and-trends whizzes who work in baseball.
    Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 May 2017
  • All the scuttlebutt seems to indicate that Lewis should be the man.
    Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2020
  • The scuttlebutt in the Granite State at this point is more about who will drop out than about who has a leg up.
    James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2018
  • With that warning as a backdrop, here's the latest scuttlebutt on what the Browns will do with the No. 1 pick.
    cleveland.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • But that wasn’t the only scuttlebutt about the King and Portland baseball.
    oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2021
  • The problem with this theory is that the head of the FBI is supposed to be blind to the leanings of polls and political scuttlebutt.
    Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Indeed, the latest scuttlebutt is that one of the quarterbacks may indeed fall to No.
    Armando Salguero, miamiherald, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The scuttlebutt around Washington is that Bannon is on his way out, and not just out as in someday—out as in he won’t survive the weekend.
    Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 17 Aug. 2017
  • The scuttlebutt last year said Nintendo was working on bringing GameCube games to the Switch.
    Matt Peckham, Time, 28 July 2017
  • There's even been scuttlebutt that behemoth Procter & Gamble may be in the mix.
    Robert Reed, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2017
  • As the team’s union representative, Plumlee is acutely aware of the topic, which is at the heart of the NBA’s latest scuttlebutt.
    Mike Singer, The Denver Post, 30 Nov. 2019
  • The Twitter scuttlebutt was that Amazon hates them because too many readers think the books are defective and send them back.
    John Warner, chicagotribune.com, 16 Aug. 2020
  • The scuttlebutt yesterday was that the Browns are now eyeing Baker Mayfield at No. 1.
    Jonathan Jones, SI.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Just think, only nine more days of this kind of scuttlebutt before free agency begins!
    Jon Becker, The Mercury News, 21 June 2019
  • The Pacers are no exception, they have been involved in the trade scuttlebutt all season and currently sit at 17-30.
    Tony East, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The Fox Searchlight release has long been rumored to be a production in trouble and based on the scathing reviews that greeted it in Toronto, the scuttlebutt was all too true.
    Brent Lang, chicagotribune.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Wedick said agents are trained to read local news reports, chat with local activists and collect scuttlebutt.
    Sean Rossman, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2017
  • Neither Murray nor Burkhardt have ever stated that publicly, but that’s been the scuttlebutt.
    Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Instead, for the first time in nearly a decade, the scuttlebutt was about record demand, full schedules, and pruning client lists as the need for travel advisers balloons.
    Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Josh Katzenstein will also hop on from Indianapolis to give us the latest scuttlebutt from the Combine.
    Larry Holder, NOLA.com, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Asked for comment, Dougherty didn’t address the scuttlebutt.
    Philly.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • This usually starts as social media scuttlebutt about the Thing that's going on behind the scenes at a beloved daily or nightly show.
    Caissie St. Onge, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2020
  • This movie stands head and subzero-temp-cold shoulders above its peers in terms of salacious scuttlebutt, however.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2022
  • There's scuttlebutt that perhaps Treasury and IRS will issue a notice or two before 2023.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Now, thanks to the amount of online sharing, leaking and ranting from TV insiders, fans are privy to everything from scuttlebutt in the writers room to actors’ views on the gun debate and #MeToo.
    John Jurgensen, WSJ, 31 May 2018
  • The scuttlebutt was that monster roosters were busting sardines here 100 yards offshore.
    Nate Matthews, Field & Stream, 7 Dec. 2020
  • There’s a lot of scuttlebutt in the trade media about chances of the organization maybe deciding to unleash even more supply onto the market.
    Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 29 June 2021
  • Even as the Apple faithful wait to see all these rumors confirmed, the scuttlebutt and speculation have started about next year’s model.
    David Streitfeld, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2016
  • Union Bank is keeping the east half of the site as a parking lot, though there has been some scuttlebutt around the Village that the lot may be turned into other kinds of development, which could include a pocket park.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2021
  • Yet frank discussions at the court will survive the occasional leak of documents or scuttlebutt from the chambers.
    Washington Post, 4 May 2022

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