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Definition of Scuttle
1. Verb. To move about or proceed hurriedly. "So terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"
Specialized synonyms: Crab
Generic synonyms: Run
Derivative terms: Scamper, Scurry
2. Noun. Container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire.
3. Noun. An entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship.
Generic synonyms: Entrance, Entranceway, Entree, Entry, Entryway
Specialized synonyms: Escape Hatch
Terms within: Hatch
Derivative terms: Open
Definition of Scuttle
1. n. A broad, shallow basket.
2. v. i. To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
3. n. A quick pace; a short run.
4. n. A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.
5. v. t. To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
Definition of Scuttle
1. Noun. A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal). ¹
2. Noun. (construction) A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building. ¹
3. Noun. A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To deliberately sink a ship or boat by order of the commander, rather than by enemy action; generally done when the ship's capture was imminent. ¹
5. Verb. (context: by extension, in figurative use) Undermine or thwart oneself (sometimes intentionally), or denigrate or destroy one's position or property; compare (term scupper). ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scuttle
1. to scurry [v -TLED, -TLING, -TLES] - See also: scurry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scuttle
Literary usage of Scuttle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"scuttle (of coals, etc.) is the Anglo- Saxon, scute!, a basket. ... scuttle Out (To).
To sneak oft quickly, to skedaddle, to cut and run. ..."
2. The Tenement House Problem: Including the Report of the New York State by New York (State). Tenement House Commission, Lawrence Veiller, Robert Weeks De Forest (1903)
"And all scuttle frames or scuttle doors shall be made of or covered with copper,
... No scuttle shall be less in size than two by three feet" leading to the ..."
3. The Tenement House Problem: Including the Report of the New York State by Robert Weeks De Forest, Lawrence Veiller (1903)
"And all scuttle frames or scuttle doors shall be made of or covered with copper,
zinc, ... No scuttle shall be less in size than two by three feet. ..."
4. Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors by Walter Hamilton (1887)
"THE scuttle. OF all tlie plans there are on earth For Statesmen still to cherish О
... U the scuttle, the base, ignoble scuttle. Chosen fad of Lib and Kad, ..."
5. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"scuttle and Skylight. [The scuttle may be specified as in Art. 493.] The frame
for skylight (on flat roof) is to be made of ij^-inch white pine, (cedar, ..."
6. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"... Parties—Discouraging Reports—Disastrous Experiment—Detachments in Quest of
Succor—Caches, How Made—Further Disappointments—The Devil's scuttle Hole. ..."
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