Definition of "scuttle"
- noun
A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.
A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck.
- verb
To deliberately sink a ship or boat by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
Undermine or thwart oneself (sometimes intentionally), or denigrate or destroy one's position or property; compare scupper.
To move hastily, to scurry.
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