'Scuttle' definitions:
Definition of 'scuttle'
(from WordNet)
noun
Container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire [syn: scuttle, coal scuttle]
noun
An entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship [syn: hatchway, opening, scuttle]
verb
Definition of 'Scuttle'
From: GCIDE
- Scuttle \Scut"tle\, v. i. [For scuddle, fr. scud.] To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle. [1913 Webster]
- With the first dawn of day, old Janet was scuttling about the house to wake the baron. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scuttle'
From: GCIDE
- Scuttle \Scut"tle\, n. [AS. scutel a dish, platter; cf. Icel. skutill; both fr. L. scutella, dim. of scutra, scuta, a dish or platter; cf. scutum a shield. Cf. Skillet.]
- 1. A broad, shallow basket. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scuttle'
From: GCIDE
- Scuttle \Scut"tle\, n. A quick pace; a short run. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scuttle'
From: GCIDE
- Scuttle \Scut"tle\ (sk[u^]t"t'l), n. [OF. escoutille, F. ['e]scoutille, cf. Sp. escotilla; probably akin to Sp. escotar to cut a thing so as to make it fit, to hollow a garment about the neck, perhaps originally, to cut a bosom-shaped piece out, and of Teutonic origin; cf. D. schoot lap, bosom, G. schoss, Goth. skauts the hem of a garnment. Cf. Sheet an expanse.]
- 1. A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid. Specifically: (a) (Naut.) A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship. (b) An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like. [1913 Webster]
- Scuttle butt, or Scuttle cask (Naut.), a butt or cask with a large hole in it, used to contain the fresh water for daily use in a ship. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scuttle'
From: GCIDE
- Scuttle \Scut"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scuttled (sk[u^]t"t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Scuttling.]
- 1. To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence: To defeat, frustrate, abandon, or cause to be abandoned; -- of plans, projects, actions, hopes; as, the review committee scuttled the project due to lack of funds. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'scuttle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amble,
- archway,
- back door,
- back out,
- bankrupt,
- barge,
- barway,
- be lost,
- boggle,
- bolt,
- bowl along,
- break,
- bulkhead,
- bundle,
- burst,
- burst of speed,
- bust,
- bustle,
- canter,
- capsize,
- career,
- carriage entrance,
- cellar door,
- cellarway,
- chase,
- chicken,
- chicken out,
- clump,
- cook,
- crowd,
- dart,
- dash,
- dash off,
- dash on,
- dead run,
- defeat,
- desert under fire,
- dish,
- do for,
- do in,
- dogtrot,
- door,
- doorjamb,
- doorpost,
- doorway,
- double-time,
- drag,
- drive,
- droop,
- falter,
- festinate,
- fix,
- flank speed,
- flat-out speed,
- fling,
- flounce,
- flurry,
- flutter,
- foot,
- footslog,
- forced draft,
- founder,
- French door,
- front door,
- full gallop,
- funk,
- funk out,
- gait,
- gallop,
- gate,
- gatepost,
- gateway,
- get cold feet,
- get going,
- get moving,
- go down,
- halt,
- hand gallop,
- haste,
- hasten,
- hatch,
- hatchway,
- headlong rush,
- heavy right foot,
- helter-skelter,
- hie,
- high lope,
- hippety-hop,
- hitch,
- hobble,
- hop,
- hump,
- hump it,
- hurry,
- hurry on,
- hurry through,
- hurry up,
- hurry-scurry,
- hurtle,
- hustle,
- impoverish,
- jog,
- jog trot,
- jolt,
- jump,
- keel,
- keel over,
- knock out,
- KO,
- leap,
- limp,
- lintel,
- lock step,
- lope,
- lose courage,
- lose no time,
- lumber,
- lunge,
- lurch,
- make haste,
- maximum speed,
- mince,
- mincing steps,
- move quickly,
- open throttle,
- overset,
- overturn,
- pace,
- paddle,
- peg,
- piaffe,
- piaffer,
- pitchpole,
- plod,
- plunge,
- porch,
- portal,
- porte cochere,
- post,
- postern,
- prance,
- press on,
- propylaeum,
- push on,
- pylon,
- race,
- rack,
- roll,
- ruin,
- run,
- rush,
- rush through,
- sashay,
- saunter,
- scamper,
- scoot,
- scour,
- scramble,
- scud,
- scuff,
- scuffle,
- scurry,
- settle,
- shamble,
- shoot,
- shoot down,
- shuffle,
- side door,
- sidle,
- single-foot,
- sink,
- sink like lead,
- skedaddle,
- skip,
- slink,
- slither,
- slog,
- slouch,
- slowness,
- somersault,
- sprint,
- spurt,
- stagger,
- stalk,
- stamp,
- step,
- step on it,
- stile,
- stomp,
- storm door,
- straddle,
- straggle,
- stride,
- stroll,
- strolling gait,
- strut,
- stump,
- swagger,
- swing,
- tear,
- threshold,
- tittup,
- toddle,
- tollgate,
- torpedo,
- totter,
- traipse,
- trap,
- trap door,
- tread,
- trip,
- trot,
- trudge,
- turn over,
- turn turtle,
- turnpike,
- turnstile,
- undo,
- upset,
- upset the boat,
- velocity,
- waddle,
- walk,
- wamble,
- wide-open speed,
- wiggle,
- wobble