scuttle
1 of 5noun (1)
scut·tle ˈskə-tᵊl 
1
: a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce)
2
: a metal pail that usually has a bail and a sloped lip and is used especially for carrying coal
scuttle
2 of 5noun (2)
1
: a small opening in a wall or roof furnished with a lid: such as
a
: a small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship large enough to admit a person and with a lid for covering it
b
: a small hole in the side or bottom of a ship fitted with a covering or glazed
2
: a covering that closes a scuttle
scuttle
3 of 5verb (1)
scuttled; scuttling ˈskət-liŋ ˈskə-tᵊl-iŋ
ˈskə-tᵊl-iŋ transitive verb
1
: to cut a hole through the bottom, deck, or side of (a ship)
specifically : to sink or attempt to sink by making holes through the bottom
2
: destroy, wreck
also : scrap sense 2
scuttle
4 of 5noun (3)
1
: a quick shuffling pace
2
: a short swift run
scuttle
5 of 5verb (2)
scuttled; scuttling ˈskət-liŋ
ˈskə-tᵊl-iŋ
intransitive verb
: scurry
Synonyms
Verb (2)
- barrel
- belt
- blast
- blaze
- blow
- bolt
- bomb [slang]
- bowl
- breeze
- bundle
- bustle
- buzz
- cannonball
- careen
- career
- chase
- course
- crack (on)
- dash
- drive
- fly
- hare
- hasten
- hie
- highball
- hotfoot (it)
- hump
- hurl
- hurry
- hurtle
- hustle
- jet
- jump
- motor
- nip
- pelt
- race
- ram
- rip
- rocket
- run
- rush
- rustle
- scoot
- scurry
- shoot
- speed
- step
- tear
- travel
- trot
- whirl
- whisk
- zip
- zoom
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English scutel, from Latin scutella drinking bowl, tray, diminutive of scutra platter
Noun (2)
Middle English skottell lid of a scuttle
Noun (3)
perhaps blend of scud and shuttle
First Known Use
Noun (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
1642, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (3)
1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (2)
1657, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
scuttle 1 of 4
verb
scut·tle ˈskə-tᵊl
scuttled; scuttling
: to run rapidly from view
A large gray rat scuttled around the corner of the house …
Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Timescuttle
2 of 4noun
: a pail or bucket for carrying coal
scuttle
3 of 4noun
: a small opening with a lid or cover (as in the deck of a ship)
scuttle
4 of 4verb
scuttled; scuttling
: to sink (a ship) by cutting holes through the bottom or sides
scuttles
verb
as in scurries
to proceed or move quickly mice scuttling across the barn floor to escape the cats Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- scurries
- hurries
- rushes
- trots
- speeds
- flies
- races
- travels
- chases
- drives
- zips
- jumps
- scoots
- buzzes
- runs
- blows
- darts
- steps
- dashes
- blasts
- rips
- bowls
- hurls
- zooms
- rams
- rustles
- whirls
- hustles
- tears
- bolts
- jogs
- hurtles
- shoots
- barrels
- hastens
- hies
- careens
- bustles
- blazes
- whisks
- motors
- breezes
- rockets
- humps
- bundles
- nips
- pelts
- jets
- courses
- cannonballs
- gallops
- hares
- careers
- beats it
- flits
- scampers
- belts
- highballs
- bombs
- hotfoots (it)
- beetles
- cracks (on)
- steps on it
- shakes a leg
- makes tracks
- gets a move on
- accelerates
- sprints
- whizzes
- scuds
- scuffles
- streaks
- stampedes
- overtakes
- outruns
- quickens
- outpaces
- outstrips
- steps out
- arrows
- beelines
- fast-forwards
- catches up
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- crawls
- drags
- lingers
- pokes
- creeps
- lags
- loiters
- pokes
- dawdles
- hangs (around or out)
- saunters
- shuffles
- ambles
- strolls
- tarries
- dallies
- lumbers
- plods
- decelerates
- slows (down or up)
- dillydallies
- unemployed
- unemployeds
- unemployment
- unemployment compensation
- unemployment insurance
- unemployments
- unencapsulated
- unenchanted
- unenciphered
- unenclosed
- unencouraging
- unencrypted
- unencumbered
- unencysted
- unendearing
- unendearingly
- unended
- unending
- unendingly
- unendingness
- unendorsed
- unendowed
- unendued
- unendurable
- unendurableness