6. (n.)scuttle a small hatch or port in the deck, side, or bottom of a vessel.
7. scuttle a cover for this.
8. scuttle a small hatchlike opening in a roof or ceiling.
9. (v.t.)scuttle to sink (a vessel) deliberately by opening seacocks or making openings in the bottom.
10. scuttle to abandon or destroy (plans, rumors, etc.).
Etymology: (1490–1500; perh. &indirdesc; Sp escotilla hatchway, der. of escot(e) a cutting of cloth)
Definition of 'scuttle'
Princeton's 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"
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
Definitions of scuttle 
Afrikaans: trippel
Arabic: يَفُرُّ، يُسْرِعُ بِخُطُو
Bulgarian: офейквам
Brazilian: apressar-se
Czech: cupitat
German: eiliger Gang
Danish: pile
Greek: το βάζω στα πόδια
Spanish: echar a correr
Estonian: liduma
Farsi: با گامهاي كوتاه دويدن
Finnish: kipittää
French: courir précipitament
Hebrew: לָרוּץ בִּצעדים קְטָנִים
Hindi: भाग जाना
Croatian: žuriti, umaknuti bijegom
Hungarian: (el-, haza-)rohan
Indonesian: jalan bergegas
Icelandic: skjótast, hraða sér
Italian: affrettarsi
Japanese: あわてて走る
Korean: 허둥지둥 달리다
Lithuanian: spausti, mauti
Latvian: steigties; mukt
Malay: bergegas lari
Dutch: haastig rennen
Norwegian: fare, pile, vimse, svinse
Polish: biec drobnymi kroczkami
Persian: با گامهاي كوتاه دويدن
Pashto: تښتېدل، ځغليدل، ځغستل: در
Portuguese: apressar-se
Romanian: a o lua la fugă
Russian: поспешно бежать
Slovak: cupitať
Slovenian: bežati
Serbian: brzo hodati
Swedish: rusa, kila, skutta
Thai: วิ่งซอยเท้าอย่างรีบเร่ง
Turkish: sıvışmak
Taiwanese: 倉促地加快腳步
Ukrainian: квапливо бігти
Urdu: بھگدڑ مچانا
Vietnamese: chạy gấp
Chinese: 急促奔跑
