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Scuttle Very Common

Scuttle has 8 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire

2

an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

3

A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).

4

A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck.

5

A quick pace; a short run.

Verb
1

to move about or proceed hurriedly

"so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"

2

To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.

3

To move hastily, to scurry.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
container entrance run
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
escape hatch crab
Rhyming Words
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