Scuttle Definition

skŭtl
scuttled, scuttles, scuttling
noun
scuttles
A kind of bucket, usually with a wide lip, used for pouring coal on a fire.
Webster's New World
A broad, open basket for carrying grain, vegetables, etc.
Webster's New World
A scurry or scamper; hasty flight.
Webster's New World
A metal pail for carrying coal.
American Heritage
A small, covered opening in the hull or deck of a ship.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
scuttled, scuttles, scuttling
To sink (a ship or boat) intentionally by making holes in the hull below the waterline or by opening seacocks.
Webster's New World
To run or move quickly; scurry, esp. away from danger, trouble, etc.
Webster's New World
To sink (a ship) by this means.
American Heritage
To scrap or abandon (a plan, undertaking, etc.)
Webster's New World
To thwart, ruin, or terminate.
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Other Word Forms of Scuttle

Noun

Singular:
scuttle
Plural:
scuttles

Origin of Scuttle

  • Old English scutel (“dish, platter"), from Latin scutella, diminutive form of Latin scutra (“flat tray, dish"), perhapes related to Latin scutum (“shield"); compare Dutch schotel and German Schüssel.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle French (> French écoutille), from Old Norse skaut (“corner of a cloth, of a sail"), akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (skauts, “projecting edge, fringe"), German Schoß.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English scutel basket from Old English dish from Latin scutella scullery

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English skottell from Old French escoutille possibly from Spanish escotilla

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English scottlen possibly akin to scud

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See scuddle.

    From Wiktionary

Scuttle Sentence Examples

  • He watched the mage in brown scuttle away.

  • Others might be able to survive just long enough to scuttle back into the sea.

  • So America control ' most of ' the place in the day and then scuttle when night time falls.

  • Are you put off by the irritating scuttle shake common to almost every convertible?

  • Got sorted and started to scuttle around the three remaining boilers.

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