scuttle

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

saborder

ruinieren

distruggere

barrenar

sportello

🚪

arruinar

Kohleneimer

Luke

versenken

écoutille

botola

rovinare

fuggire via

escotillón

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskʌ.təl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: scuttel

Inherited from Old English: scutel

Cognate with Dutch: schotel

Cognate with German: Schüssel

Cognate with French: écoutille

Cognate with German: Schoß

Cognate with Old English: 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.