scuttle

IPA: skˈʌtʌɫ

A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
A broad, shallow basket.
(obsolete, Northern England and Scotland) A dish, platter or a trencher.
A small hatch or opening in a boat, sometimes one used for draining water from open deck.
(construction) A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.
A quick pace; a short run.

(transitive, nautical) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
(transitive) To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
(transitive, by extension) To deliberately wreck one's vehicle (of any sort).
(transitive, by extension) To undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately.
(intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.

Examples of "scuttle" in Sentences

It was curious how the humour of calling a scuttle
It was curious how the humour of calling a scuttle "kettle" had evaporated.
Flannigan helped the captain scuttle the vessel by setting explosive charges.
Each of these episodes are played so broadly they kind of scuttle the ship in the other regard.
And I think when you kind of scuttle around and go, "Oh, that ` s too much for the American population to hear" ...
Learn more about the word "scuttle" and see usage examples across a range of subjects on the Vocabulary.com dictionary.
The word scuttle has appeared in 70 New York Times articles in the past year, including on June 24 in "Fusion Experiment Faces New Hurdles," by John Upton:
The scuttle was the interesting point with him; and he saw that it was provided with a hasp and staple, so that the entrance could be secured by a padlock, though that was missing.
When the wash receded they followed it with an incredibly rapid twinkling of little legs; and when again the wave rushed, shoreward, _scuttle, scuttle, scuttle_ went they, keeping always just at the edge of the water.
If he has ever seen the word scuttle it has been in the Jingo Press, where the "policy of scuttle" is used whenever we give up something to a small Power like Liberals, instead of giving up everything to a great Power, like Imperialists.