scuttle

Plural: scuttles

Noun

• container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
• an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
• A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
• A broad, shallow basket.
• A dish, platter or a trencher.
• A small hatch or opening in a boat, sometimes one used for draining water from open deck.
• A drained trough between the windscreen and bonnet of a motor vehicle, forming the intake to the heating/air-conditioning system, often also containing the windscreen wiper motor.
• A drained trough between the windscreen and bonnet of a motor vehicle, forming the intake to the heating/air-conditioning system, often also containing the windscreen wiper motor.
• By extension, the bulkhead at the front of the passenger compartment.
• A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.
• A quick pace; a short run.

Verb

Verb Forms: scuttled, scuttling, scuttles

• To scurry or move with short, quick steps.
• to move about or proceed hurriedly
• To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
• To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
• To deliberately wreck one's vehicle (of any sort).
• To undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately.
• To move hastily, to scurry.

Examples

• She decided to SCUTTLE her plan for a bingo, opting for a safer, smaller word.
• The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst.
• The Vichy French fleet in Toulon in 1942 scuttled itself as a final "fuck you" to the invading Germans.

Synonyms

coal scuttle, hatchway, opening, scamper, scurry, skitter, cowl, destroy, roof hatch, wreck

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