Scuttle /(?)/

Scut·tle

Scuttle

n.
  1. A broad, shallow basket.
  2. A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.

Scuttle

v. i.
  1. To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
    With the first dawn of day, old Janet was scuttling about the house to wake the baron.

Scuttle

n.
  1. A quick pace; a short run.

Scuttle

n.
  1. A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid. (Naut.)
  2. The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.

Phrases & Compounds
Scuttle butt
a butt or cask with a large hole in it, used to contain the fresh water for daily use in a ship.

Scuttle

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Scuttled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scuttling

  1. To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
  2. To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.
  3. To defeat, frustrate, abandon, or cause to be abandoned; -- of plans, projects, actions, hopes; as, the review committee scuttled the project due to lack of funds.