Definitions for scuttles

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scuttles scut·tle

Spelling: [skuht-l]

IPA: /ˈskʌt l/

Scuttles is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 160 anagrams from letters in scuttles (celssttu).

Definitions for scuttles

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 scuttles

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

Examples for scuttles

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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