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
scuttling 1 of 2
noun
as in wrecking
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- wrecking
- shipwrecking
- sinking
- wreck
- shipwreck
- foundering
- stranding
- wreckage
- beaching
- grounding
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- recovery
- salvage
- salvaging
scuttling
2 of 2verb
as in scurrying
to proceed or move quickly mice scuttling across the barn floor to escape the cats Synonyms & Similar Words
- scurrying
- hurrying
- rushing
- flying
- racing
- trotting
- speeding
- zipping
- traveling
- driving
- chasing
- jumping
- darting
- running
- buzzing
- scooting
- stepping
- travelling
- dashing
- blowing
- blasting
- tearing
- ripping
- ramming
- zooming
- whirling
- bolting
- hurtling
- rustling
- barreling
- bowling
- careening
- hurling
- hastening
- careering
- shooting
- haring
- hustling
- blazing
- bundling
- pelting
- jogging
- humping
- hying
- rocketing
- bustling
- nipping
- whisking
- breezing
- scampering
- coursing
- galloping
- motoring
- flitting
- barrelling
- cannonballing
- belting
- bombing
- jetting
- highballing
- hieing
- beating it
- scudding
- stampeding
- scuffling
- whizzing
- sprinting
- beetling
- accelerating
- stepping on it
- making tracks
- streaking
- shaking a leg
- getting a move on
- cracking (on)
- hotfooting (it)
- overtaking
- outrunning
- quickening
- arrowing
- stepping out
- outpacing
- beelining
- outstripping
- catching up
- fast-forwarding
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- creeping
- crawling
- poking
- dragging
- lingering
- poking
- hanging (around or out)
- shuffling
- dawdling
- loitering
- lagging
- strolling
- sauntering
- ambling
- lumbering
- plodding
- dallying
- tarrying
- decelerating
- dillydallying
- slowing (down or up)