scuttle

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
2. A broad, shallow basket.
3. (Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete) A dish, platter or a trencher.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
2. (transitive) To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
3. (broadly, transitive) To deliberately wreck one's vehicle (of any sort).
4. (broadly, transitive) To undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately.

Verb

To move hastily, to scurry.

Concepts

saborder

écoutille

ruiner

saboter

enfoncer

marcher d’un pas rapide

sabord

sabordage

immerger

Synonymes

scurry

sink

skitter

coal scuttle

scamper

hatch

submerge

hamper

hatchway

sprint

rush

hurry

opening

hasten

dart

🎯

destroy

basket

🧺

lam

manhole

pad

pail

pannier

plunge

quit

race

reverberate

rout

run

scoot

scramble

scrap

scupper

shutter

skylight

trapdoor

trap door

wicker basket

window

🪟

wreck

scotch

cause to sink

coal container

transom window

coal hopper

abandon

coal bucket

bucket

🪣

dash

💨

deep-six

digs

Traductions

distruggere

ruinieren

seğirtme

Kohleneimer

escotillón

Luke

versenken

rovinare

botola

sportello

🚪

fuggire via

arruinar

barrenar

seğirtmek

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈskʌ.təl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: scuttel

Hérité de ancien anglais: scutel

Appartenant à néerlandais: schotel

Appartenant à allemand: Schüssel

Appartenant à français: écoutille

Appartenant à allemand: Schoß

Appartenant à ancien anglais: sċēat

In summary

From Middle English scuttel, scutel, from Old English scutel (“dish, platter”), from Latin scutella, diminutive form of Latin scutra (“flat tray, dish”), perhaps related to Latin scutum (“shield”); compare Dutch schotel and German Schüssel.