scuttle
noun
[ ˈskʌt(ə)l ]
• a metal container with a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire.
• the part of a car's bodywork between the windscreen and the bonnet.
Origin:
late Old English scutel ‘dish, platter’, from Old Norse skutill, from Latin scutella ‘dish’.
scuttle
verb
• run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps.
• "a mouse scuttled across the floor"
Similar:
scamper,
scurry,
scramble,
bustle,
skip,
trot,
hurry,
hasten,
make haste,
rush,
race,
dash,
run,
sprint,
scutter,
scoot,
beetle,
scuttle
noun
• an act or sound of scuttling.
• "I heard the scuttle of rats across the room"
Similar:
scamper,
scampering noise,
scurry,
scurrying,
bustle,
bustling,
trot,
hurry,
haste,
rush,
race,
dash,
run,
sprint,
rustle,
rasp,
scratching noise,
scutter,
scuttering,
Origin:
late 15th century: compare with dialect scuddle, frequentative of scud1.
scuttle
verb
• sink (one's own ship) deliberately by holing it or opening its seacocks to let water in.
• "the ship was scuttled by its German prize crew, who took to the boats"
• deliberately cause (a scheme) to fail.
• "some of the stockholders are threatening to scuttle the deal"
scuttle
noun
• an opening with a cover in a ship's deck or side.
• "a shaft of sunlight blazed through the cabin scuttle"
Origin:
late 15th century (as a noun): perhaps from Old French escoutille, from the Spanish diminutive escotilla ‘hatchway’. The verb dates from the mid 17th century.
