scuttle
🇺🇸
/ˈskʌtl/
🇬🇧
/ˈskʌtl/
verb
R
to move quickly with short steps, usually because you're excited or nervous
When the bell rang, the children scuttled to the playground.
R
to deliberately ruin or stop something from happening
The protesters scuttled the plans for the new factory.
R
to intentionally make a hole in a ship so it will sink
The soldiers scuttled the enemy's ship to prevent it from escaping.
noun
R
a container with a handle used for carrying coal, usually kept near a fireplace
She filled the scuttle with coal and brought it to the fireplace.
translation
to move quickly with short steps, usually because you're excited or nervous; to deliberately ruin or stop something from happening; to intentionally make a hole in a ship so it will sink
a container with a handle used for carrying coal, usually kept near a fireplace
Word Forms
3rd Present
scuttles
Progressive
scuttling
Past
scuttled
Perfect
scuttled
Plural
scuttles