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Definition scuttle

Etymology 1

From Middle English scuttel, scutel, from Old English scutel (“dish, platter”), from Latin scutella, diminutive form of Latin scutra (“flat tray, dish”), perhaps related to Latin scutum (“shield”); compare Dutch schotel and German Schüssel.

Noun

scuttle (plural scuttles)

  1. A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
  2. A broad, shallow basket.
  3. (obsolete, Northern England and Scotland) A dish, platter or a trencher.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French escoutille (compare French écoutille), from Old Norse skaut (“corner of a cloth, of a sail”), or alternatively from Spanish escotilla, ultimately from Gothic ?????? (skauts, “projecting edge, fringe”), from Proto-Germanic *skautaz (“corner; wedge; lap”). Compare German Schoß, Old English s??at. More at sheet.

Noun

scuttle (plural scuttles)

  1. A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck.
  2. (construction) A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.
Verb

scuttle (third-person singular simple present scuttles, present participle scuttling, simple past and past participle scuttled)

  1. (transitive, nautical) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
  2. (transitive) To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
  3. (transitive, by extension, in figurative use) Undermine or thwart oneself (sometimes intentionally), or denigrate or destroy one's position or property; compare scupper.

Etymology 3

See scuddle.

Verb

scuttle (third-person singular simple present scuttles, present participle scuttling, simple past and past participle scuttled)

  1. (intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.
Noun

scuttle (plural scuttles)

  1. A quick pace; a short run.

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CULETS 11
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CUTLET 11
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CULET 10
CULTS 10
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CELT 8
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CUTE 8
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ECUS 8
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SETT 4
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UTES 5
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CUE 7
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ELS 4
LET 4
LEU 5
SEC 6
SEL 4
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SUE 4
TEL 4
TET 3
TUT 4
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UTE 4
UTS 4
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ES 2
ET 2
US 3
UT 3

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