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| scuttle | |
| 1. subst. A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal). |  |
| 2. subst. A broad, shallow basket. | |
| 3. subst. (obsolete, Northern England, and Scotland) A dish, platter or a trencher. | |
| 4. subst. A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck. | |
| 5. subst. (construction) A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building. | |
| 6. v. (transitive, nautical) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose. | |
| 7. v. To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner. | |
| 8. v. (transitive, by extension, in figurative use) Undermine or thwart oneself (sometimes intentionally), or denigrate or destroy one's position or property; compare scupper. | |
| The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry. | |
| 10. subst. A quick pace; a short run. | |
