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Definitions for Scuttle
[1] a deep bucket for carrying coal.
[2] British Dialect . a broad, shallow basket.
[3] to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry.
[4] a quick pace.
[5] a short, hurried run.
[6] Nautical . a small hatch or port in the deck, side, or bottom of a vessel. a cover for this.
[7] a small hatchlike opening in a roof or ceiling.
[8] to sink (a vessel) deliberately by opening seacocks or making openings in the bottom.
[9] to abandon, withdraw from, or cause to be abandoned or destroyed (as plans, hopes, rumors, etc.).
[10] See coal scuttle
[11] dialect , mainly British a shallow basket, esp for carrying vegetables
[12] the part of a motor-car body lying immediately behind the bonnet
[13] (intr) to run or move about with short hasty steps
[14] a hurried pace or run
[15] (tr) nautical to cause (a vessel) to sink by opening the seacocks or making holes in the bottom
[16] (tr) to give up (hopes, plans, etc)
[17] nautical a small hatch or its cover
Words related to Scuttle
scamper, scurry, abandon, sink, submerge, run, dash, race, bustle, sprint, hasten, scramble
Words nearby Scuttle
scutellate, scutellation, scutellum, scutiform, scutter, scuttle, scuttlebutt, scutular, scutulum, scutum, scutwork
Origin of Scuttle
31490–1500; perhaps ≪ Spanish escotilla hatchway, equivalent to escot(e ) a cutting of cloth (< Gothic skaut seam; akin to sheet1) + -illa diminutive suffix
Word origin for Scuttle
C15 (n): via Old French from Spanish escotilla a small opening, from escote opening in a piece of cloth, from escotar to cut out