Definitions for scuttle

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scuttle scut·tle

Spelling: [skuht-l]

IPA: /ˈskʌt l/

Scuttle is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 128 anagrams from letters in scuttle (celsttu).

Definitions for scuttle

noun

1. a deep bucket for carrying coal.
2. British Dialect. a broad, shallow basket.
3. a quick pace.
4. a short, hurried run.
5. Nautical. a small hatch or port in the deck, side, or bottom of a vessel. a cover for this.
6. a small hatchlike opening in a roof or ceiling.

verb (used with object)

1. to sink (a vessel) deliberately by opening seacocks or making openings in the bottom.
2. to abandon, withdraw from, or cause to be abandoned or destroyed (as plans, hopes, rumors, etc.).

verb (used without object)

1. to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry.

Origin of scuttle

before 1050; Middle English; Old English scutel dish, trencher, platter Latin scutella, diminutive of scutra shallow pan

Examples for scuttle

Others said it would take something shocking to scuttle the meeting.

Any disagreement we had with them was criticized as an attempt to scuttle the building of the memorial.

Her sails were furled; the slide of her scuttle hatch was closed and padlocked.

Together they proceeded to the roof by a stairway that led to a scuttle.

An ostentatious display of Japanese military might could scuttle those negotiations.

You are at liberty to embark in them with your men before we scuttle this ship.

By one count, 20 industry lobbyists were in the halls trying to scuttle SB 962 as it came to a vote nine days later.

I had a notion, from the beginning, they wouldn't be allowed to scuttle.

Stapylton, scuttle the ship, if you like, but first let me land the cargo.

Marco Rubio, on the other hand, led the GOP effort to scuttle the thing on abortion-related grounds.