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Meaning of 'scuttle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Scuttle [ n.]
- A broad, shallow basket.
- A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
- A quick pace; a short run.
- A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.
- A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship.
- An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid.
- The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.
2 . Scuttle [ v. i.]
- To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
3 . Scuttle [ v. t.]
- To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
- To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.

Meaning of 'scuttle' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . scuttle [ v]
Meaning (1):
- to move about or proceed hurriedly
Example in sentence:
  • so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground

Nearby Words:

scud scudded scudding scuddle scudi scudo scuff scuffed scuffing scuffle

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