scuttlebutt

/ˈskʌtəlbʌt/noun
Middle SchoolNot in standard dictionaries
1

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.

2

Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.

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