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Definitions of 'scuttle' Wordnet 

1. (noun) scuttle, coal scuttle
container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire

2. (verb) hatchway, opening, scuttle
an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

3. (verb) scurry, scamper, skitter, scuttle
to move about or proceed hurriedly
"so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"


Definitions of 'scuttle' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (noun) scuttle
a broad, shallow basket

2. (noun) scuttle
a wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod

3. (noun) scuttle
a quick pace; a short run

4. (noun) scuttle
a small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid

5. (noun) scuttle
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

6. (noun) scuttle
an opening in the roof of a house, with a lid

7. (noun) scuttle
the lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like

8. (verb) scuttle
to run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle

9. (verb) scuttle
to cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose

10. (verb) scuttle
to sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship


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