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▸ noun:  (countable, nautical) 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.
▸ noun:  (uncountable, originally US, nautical slang) Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.
▸ verb:  (transitive, rare) To spread (information) by way of gossip or rumour.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To chat idly or gossip; also, to spread rumours.

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