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
• Now the scuttlebutt is about a smaller treat at the warehouse club.
  — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 8 July 2026
• All the scuttlebutt seems to indicate that Lewis should be the man.
  — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2020
• Just think, only nine more days of this kind of scuttlebutt before free agency begins!
  — Jon Becker, The Mercury News, 21 June 2019
• 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
• Wedick said agents are trained to read local news reports, chat with local activists and collect scuttlebutt.
  — Sean Rossman, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2017
• And both the scuttlebutt and spoilers could conceivably conspire to hurt the bottom line.
  — Chris Lee, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2026
• But that wasn’t the only scuttlebutt about the King and Portland baseball.
  — oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2021
• And please don't sugarcoat scuttlebutt that is making your company look bad.
  — Mike Maynard, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• Indeed, the latest scuttlebutt is that one of the quarterbacks may indeed fall to No.
  — Armando Salguero, miamiherald, 24 Apr. 2018
• 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 even been scuttlebutt that behemoth Procter & Gamble may be in the mix.
  — Robert Reed, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2017
• Is the scuttlebutt around league circles suggesting that the scouting department couldn’t find a star with a telescope?
  — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
• There hasn’t been a lot of public scuttlebutt around infield trade targets, but a deal can come to fruition without rumors getting out beforehand.
  — Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
• Reading about it in detail now can feel a little like an immersion in stale scuttlebutt from back issues of Roll Call.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
• Neither Murray nor Burkhardt have ever stated that publicly, but that’s been the scuttlebutt.
  — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 21 Apr. 2022
• 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 was that monster roosters were busting sardines here 100 yards offshore.
  — Nate Matthews, Field & Stream, 7 Dec. 2020
• Yet frank discussions at the court will survive the occasional leak of documents or scuttlebutt from the chambers.
  — Washington Post, 4 May 2022
• 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
• Now, actor Scott Eastwood, Clint's fifth eldest, is walking that scuttlebutt back.
  — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
• 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
• 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
• The scuttlebutt last year said Nintendo was working on bringing GameCube games to the Switch.
  — Matt Peckham, Time, 28 July 2017
• Josh Katzenstein will also hop on from Indianapolis to give us the latest scuttlebutt from the Combine.
  — Larry Holder, NOLA.com, 28 Feb. 2018
• 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
• Such was the scuttlebutt ahead of Tuesday’s 80th annual Golden Globes.
  — Vulture, 11 Jan. 2023
• 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
• Based on evidence found in the initial weeks, the school and law firm still needed actual proof of improprieties, and not having to base their claims on scuttlebutt around the facility.
  — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026