Complete Definition of "scuttle"

English
Category:English words with multiple etymologies
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�t�l|-�t�l

Etymology 1

Noun
en-noun

#Category:Containers A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).

Translations
trans-top|a container like an open bucket
Finnish: hiilisanko
German: Eimer m, Kohleneimer m
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Etymology 2

Noun
en-noun

#A small hatch or opening in a boat.

Translations
trans-top|a small hatch or opening in a boat
German: Luke f
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Verb
to scuttle (scuttled, scuttling)

#transitive To deliberately sink a ship or boat by order of the commander, rather than by enemy action.

Translations
trans-top|To deliberately sink a ship or boat by order of the commander
Finnish: upottaa
German: versenken
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Etymology 3

Verb
to scuttle (scuttled, scuttling)
#intransitive To move hastily, to scurry
#:The cockroach scuttled under the kitchen sink.

Translations
trans-top|To move hastily, to scurry
Finnish: vilistää, kipittää
German: flitzen, hopplen, krabbeln, trippeln
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