scuttle

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Verb 1.4.1.1 Translations 1.5 References

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• Rhymes: -ʌtəl

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scuttle (plural scuttles)

1. A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
2. (Construction) a hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.

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From Middle French ( > French écoutille), from Old Norse skaut (“‘corner of a cloth, of a sail’”)^[1], akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (skauts), “‘projecting edge, fringe’”), German Schoß^[2].

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scuttle (plural scuttles)

1. A small hatch or opening in a boat.

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to scuttle (third-person singular simple present scuttles, present participle scuttling, simple past and past participle scuttled)

1. (transitive) To deliberately sink a ship or boat by order of the commander, rather than by enemy action.

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to scuttle (third-person singular simple present scuttles, present participle scuttling, simple past and past participle scuttled)

1. (intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry

   The cockroach scuttled under the kitchen sink.

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• Notes:

1. ^ Le Robert pour tous, Dictionnaire de la langue française, Janvier 2004, p. 360, écoutille
2. ^ ´scuttle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913