Word Meaning

scuttle definition and meaning

n. A broad, shallow basket.
n. A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
v. i. To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
n. A quick pace; a short run.
n. A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.
n. 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.
n. An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid.
n. The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.
v. t. To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
v. t. To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.

Crossword clues for scuttle

- Deliberately sink
- Deliberately sink coal-carrier
- Fireside coal-holder
- Move like cockroach in sink
- Scamper
- Scurry like cockroach
- Sink (a ship)
- Sink a ship deliberately