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SCUTTLE definition: 1. to move quickly, with small, short steps, especially in order to escape: 2. to intentionally…. Learn more.
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SCUTTLE meaning: 1. to move quickly, with small, short...
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1. : a small opening in a wall or roof furnished with a lid: such as. a. : a small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship large enough to admit a person and with a lid for covering it. b. : a small hole in the side or bottom of a ship fitted with a covering or glazed. 2. : a covering that closes a scuttle. scuttle.
SCUTTLE meaning: 1. to move quickly, with small, short steps, especially in order to escape: 2. to intentionally…. Learn more.
Use the word scuttle when you want to describe running or fast walking that’s characterized by short, hasty steps, like someone or something that tries to hurry — a person who is late for work scuttling through a crowd of slow-moving pedestrians — but can't. Scuttle has a number of other meanings.
noun. ( Automotive engineering: Vehicle components, Bodywork, controls, and accessories) The scuttle is the lower, forward part of a driver's cab or passenger compartment that provides space for the legs of people in the car and separates them from the engine compartment.
Definition of scuttle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. When people or small animals scuttle somewhere, they run there with short quick steps. [...] 2. To scuttle a plan or a proposal means to make it fail or cause it to stop. [...] 3. To scuttle a ship means to sink it deliberately by making holes in the bottom. [...] More. English for Special Purposes. in Automotive Engineering.
