scuttle
IPA: skˈʌtʌɫ
noun
- 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.
verb
- (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.
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