"scuttle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskʌ.təl/ [UK], [ˈskʌ.tɫ̩] [UK], [ˈskʌ.təɫ] [UK], /ˈskʌ.təl/ [US], [ˈskʌ.ɾɫ̩] [US], [ˈskʌ.ɾəɫ] [US] Audio: en-au-scuttle.ogg [Australia] Forms: scuttles [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌtəl Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scuttel}} Middle English scuttel, {{m|enm|scutel}} scutel, {{inh|en|ang|scutel||dish, platter}} Old English scutel (“dish, platter”), {{der|en|la|scutella}} Latin scutella, {{uder|en|la|scutra||flat tray, dish}} Latin scutra (“flat tray, dish”), {{uder|en|la|scutum||shield}} Latin scutum (“shield”), {{cog|nl|schotel}} Dutch schotel, {{cog|de|Schüssel}} German Schüssel Head templates: {{en-noun}} scuttle (plural scuttles)
  1. A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal). Categories (topical): Containers Translations (a container like an open bucket): кофа за въглища (kofa za vǎglišta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 煤斗 (Chinese Mandarin), emmer [masculine] (Dutch), kolenemmer [masculine] (Dutch), kolenkit (Dutch), hiilisanko (Finnish), sanko (Finnish), Eimer [masculine] (German), Kohleneimer [masculine] (German), Kohlenschütte [feminine] (German), τενεκές (tenekés) [masculine] (Greek), boête à tchèrbon [feminine] (Norman), vedro za ugljen [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), kolhink (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-scuttle-en-noun-qyFSFlTr Disambiguation of Containers: 11 8 18 6 14 6 7 16 7 4 3 Disambiguation of 'a container like an open bucket': 100 0 0
  2. A broad, shallow basket.
    Sense id: en-scuttle-en-noun-7tS4WODn
  3. (obsolete, Northern England and Scotland) A dish, platter or a trencher. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete Categories (topical): Containers
    Sense id: en-scuttle-en-noun-K1TPBT4q Disambiguation of Containers: 11 8 18 6 14 6 7 16 7 4 3 Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 19 4 19 10 9 17 9 5 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 6 24 4 16 8 8 19 7 5 2 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 1 7 18 5 22 10 21 9 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: skuttle Derived forms: coal scuttle, coal-scuttle bonnet, coal scuttle helmet
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈskʌ.təl/ [UK], [ˈskʌ.tɫ̩] [UK], [ˈskʌ.təɫ] [UK], /ˈskʌ.təl/ [US], [ˈskʌ.ɾɫ̩] [US], [ˈskʌ.ɾəɫ] [US] Audio: en-au-scuttle.ogg [Australia] Forms: scuttles [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌtəl Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French escoutille (compare French écoutille), from Old Norse skaut (“corner of a cloth, of a sail”), or alternatively from Spanish escotilla, ultimately from Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (skauts, “projecting edge, fringe”), from Proto-Germanic *skautaz (“corner; wedge; lap”). Compare German Schoß, Old English sċēat. More at sheet. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|escoutille}} Middle French escoutille, {{cog|fr|écoutille}} French écoutille, {{uder|en|non|skaut||corner of a cloth, of a sail}} Old Norse skaut (“corner of a cloth, of a sail”), {{der|en|es|escotilla}} Spanish escotilla, {{der|en|got|𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃||projecting edge, fringe}} Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (skauts, “projecting edge, fringe”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*skautaz|t=corner; wedge; lap}} Proto-Germanic *skautaz (“corner; wedge; lap”), {{cog|de|Schoß}} German Schoß, {{cog|ang|sċēat}} Old English sċēat, {{l|en|sheet}} sheet Head templates: {{en-noun}} scuttle (plural scuttles)
  1. A small hatch or opening in a boat, sometimes one used for draining water from open deck. Translations (small hatch or opening in a boat): люк (ljuk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), илюминатор (iljuminator) (Bulgarian), 舷窗 (xiánchuāng) (Chinese Mandarin), luukku (Finnish), écoutille [feminine] (French), Luke [feminine] (German), Bullauge [neuter] (German), פִּתְחָה (pitkha) [feminine] (Hebrew), иллюминатор (illjuminator) [masculine] (Russian), lakomica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), escotilla [feminine] (Spanish), lucka (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-scuttle-en-noun-0bqmi2p9 Disambiguation of 'small hatch or opening in a boat': 75 25
  2. (construction) A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building. Categories (topical): Construction, Containers Synonyms (hatch that provides access to the roof): roof hatch Translations (hatch that provides access to the roof): kattoluukku (Finnish), Luke [feminine] (German), Ausstiegsluke [feminine] (German), Lüftungsklappe [feminine] (German), Klappe [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-scuttle-en-noun-rsyG80dL Disambiguation of Containers: 11 8 18 6 14 6 7 16 7 4 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 19 4 19 10 9 17 9 5 1 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 1 7 18 5 22 10 21 9 7 Topics: business, construction, manufacturing Disambiguation of 'hatch that provides access to the roof': 20 80 Disambiguation of 'hatch that provides access to the roof': 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: skuttle
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈskʌ.təl/ [UK], [ˈskʌ.tɫ̩] [UK], [ˈskʌ.təɫ] [UK], /ˈskʌ.təl/ [US], [ˈskʌ.ɾɫ̩] [US], [ˈskʌ.ɾəɫ] [US] Audio: en-au-scuttle.ogg [Australia] Forms: scuttles [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌtəl Etymology: See scuddle. Etymology templates: {{m|en|scuddle}} scuddle Head templates: {{en-noun}} scuttle (plural scuttles)
  1. A quick pace; a short run. Derived forms: scuttle fly
    Sense id: en-scuttle-en-noun-33eeBWUa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: skuttle
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈskʌ.təl/ [UK], [ˈskʌ.tɫ̩] [UK], [ˈskʌ.təɫ] [UK], /ˈskʌ.təl/ [US], [ˈskʌ.ɾɫ̩] [US], [ˈskʌ.ɾəɫ] [US] Audio: en-au-scuttle.ogg [Australia] Forms: scuttles [present, singular, third-person], scuttling [participle, present], scuttled [participle, past], scuttled [past]
Rhymes: -ʌtəl Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French escoutille (compare French écoutille), from Old Norse skaut (“corner of a cloth, of a sail”), or alternatively from Spanish escotilla, ultimately from Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (skauts, “projecting edge, fringe”), from Proto-Germanic *skautaz (“corner; wedge; lap”). Compare German Schoß, Old English sċēat. More at sheet. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|escoutille}} Middle French escoutille, {{cog|fr|écoutille}} French écoutille, {{uder|en|non|skaut||corner of a cloth, of a sail}} Old Norse skaut (“corner of a cloth, of a sail”), {{der|en|es|escotilla}} Spanish escotilla, {{der|en|got|𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃||projecting edge, fringe}} Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (skauts, “projecting edge, fringe”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*skautaz|t=corner; wedge; lap}} Proto-Germanic *skautaz (“corner; wedge; lap”), {{cog|de|Schoß}} German Schoß, {{cog|ang|sċēat}} Old English sċēat, {{l|en|sheet}} sheet Head templates: {{en-verb}} scuttle (third-person singular simple present scuttles, present participle scuttling, simple past and past participle scuttled)
  1. (transitive, nautical) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-scuttle-en-verb-k0p4JyBr Topics: nautical, transport
  2. (transitive) To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Containers Translations (To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)): отварям люковете (otvarjam ljukovete) (Bulgarian), barrinar (Catalan), kelderen (Dutch), upottaa (Finnish), saborder (French), saboter (French), versenken (German), βυθίζω (vythízo) (Greek), elsüllyeszt (Hungarian), autoaffondarsi (Italian), 自沈 (jichin) (Japanese), whakatotohu (Maori), затоплять (zatopljatʹ) (Russian), potopiti (Serbo-Croatian), potopiť (Slovak), barrenar (Spanish), borra i sank (Swedish), batırmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-scuttle-en-verb-wekp8ElJ Disambiguation of Containers: 11 8 18 6 14 6 7 16 7 4 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 19 4 19 10 9 17 9 5 1 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 1 7 18 5 22 10 21 9 7 Disambiguation of 'To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)': 10 58 22 10
  3. (transitive, by extension) To deliberately wreck one's vehicle (of any sort). Tags: broadly, transitive
    Sense id: en-scuttle-en-verb-A05BwghN
  4. (transitive, by extension) To undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately. Tags: broadly, transitive Synonyms: destroy, wreck
    Sense id: en-scuttle-en-verb-dhsADd-V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: skuttle
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈskʌ.təl/ [UK], [ˈskʌ.tɫ̩] [UK], [ˈskʌ.təɫ] [UK], /ˈskʌ.təl/ [US], [ˈskʌ.ɾɫ̩] [US], [ˈskʌ.ɾəɫ] [US] Audio: en-au-scuttle.ogg [Australia] Forms: scuttles [present, singular, third-person], scuttling [participle, present], scuttled [participle, past], scuttled [past]
Rhymes: -ʌtəl Etymology: See scuddle. Etymology templates: {{m|en|scuddle}} scuddle Head templates: {{en-verb}} scuttle (third-person singular simple present scuttles, present participle scuttling, simple past and past participle scuttled)
  1. (intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry. Tags: intransitive Translations (To move hastily, to scurry): офейквам (ofejkvam) (Bulgarian), krabbelen (Dutch), vilistää (Finnish), kipittää (Finnish), flitzen (German), hoppeln (German), krabbeln (German), trippeln (German), wuseln (German), tippeln (German), eilen (German), davoneilen (German), davonflitzen (German), rohan (Hungarian), rohangál (Hungarian), sciurd (Irish), scinn (Irish), tuoma (Maori), karapetapeta (Maori), takawhiti (Maori), удира́ть (udirátʹ) (Russian), cupkati (Serbo-Croatian), skakutati (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-scuttle-en-verb-hkmS6xTp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: skuttle
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash",
          "text": "My men, the schooner coming up on our weather quarter is a Portuguese pirate. His character is known; he scuttles all the ships he boards, dishonours the women, and murders the crew.",
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          "ref": "2003, Richard Norton Smith, The Colonel: The Life and Legend of Robert R. McCormick, 1880-1955, Northwestern University Press, published 2003, page 238",
          "text": "To lay the foundation for an all-weather dock at Shelter Bay, he filled an old barge with worn-out grindstones from the Thorold paper mill, then scuttled the vessel.",
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          "ref": "2007, Michael Mueller, Canaris: The Life and Death of Hitler's Spymaster, Naval Institute Press, published 2007, page 17",
          "text": "He decided that before scuttling the ship to prevent her falling into enemy hands he had to get the dead and wounded ashore.",
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          "ref": "2009, Nancy Toppino, Insiders' Guide to the Florida Keys and Key West, Insiders' Guide, published 2009, page 227",
          "text": "In recent years, steel-hull vessels up to 350 feet long have been scuttled in stable sandy-bottom areas, amassing new communities of fish and invertebrates and easing the stress and strain on the coral reef by creating new fishing and diving sites.",
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          "word": "βυθίζω"
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          "_dis1": "10 58 22 10",
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          "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
          "word": "elsüllyeszt"
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          "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
          "word": "autoaffondarsi"
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          "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
          "word": "自沈"
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          "word": "whakatotohu"
        },
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          "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
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          "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
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          "_dis1": "10 58 22 10",
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          "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
          "word": "borra i sank"
        },
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          "_dis1": "10 58 22 10",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
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          "ref": "1958 November 19, Civil Aeronautics Board, “Analysis”, in Aircraft Accident Report: American Airlines, Inc., Convair 240, N 94213, New Haven, Connecticut, March 1, 1958, retrieved 2022-11-25, page 4",
          "text": "The third and equally important fact is that at the time of gear retraction more than ample runway remained to brake to a successful stop and even had there been a fire in the left engine no necessity existed for scuttling the aircraft.",
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          "ref": "1994 December 16, Richard W. Stevenson, “Financial Merger Is Scuttled”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "The proposed merger of the Morgan Stanley Group and the S. G. Warburg Group collapsed today, scuttling plans by the companies to create one of the world's most powerful investment banks.",
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          "ref": "2011 June 24, John Upton, “Fusion Experiment Faces New Hurdles”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "But the $3.5 billion ignition facility, derided by some critics as taxpayer-financed science fiction, is running into new challenges that may further delay and perhaps scuttle its goal.",
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          "ref": "2014, Astra Taylor, chapter 4, in The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company",
          "text": "By pushing for such an extreme and indefensible position, the old-media moguls sparked a tremendous outcry, which caused the legislation to be redrafted and then scuttled, at least temporarily",
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        "(transitive, by extension) To undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately."
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        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/ˈskʌ.təl/",
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        "(intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry."
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          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
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          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
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        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
          "word": "wuseln"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
          "word": "tippeln"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
          "word": "eilen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
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        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
          "word": "davonflitzen"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
          "word": "sciurd"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
          "word": "scinn"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
          "word": "tuoma"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
          "word": "karapetapeta"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
          "word": "takawhiti"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "udirátʹ",
          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
          "word": "удира́ть"
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        {
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
          "word": "cupkati"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
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        }
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      "ipa": "[ˈskʌ.təɫ]",
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        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/ˈskʌ.təl/",
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    {
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        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈskʌ.ɾəɫ]",
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        "US"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "coal scuttle"
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    {
      "word": "coal-scuttle bonnet"
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      "word": "coal scuttle helmet"
    }
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        "Scottish English"
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        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈskʌ.təɫ]",
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        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskʌ.təl/",
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    {
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        "US"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈskʌ.ɾəɫ]",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kofa za vǎglišta",
      "sense": "a container like an open bucket",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "a container like an open bucket",
      "word": "煤斗"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a container like an open bucket",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "a container like an open bucket",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "a container like an open bucket",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "a container like an open bucket",
      "word": "sanko"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "a container like an open bucket",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eimer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "Kohleneimer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a container like an open bucket",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kohlenschütte"
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        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
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      "word": "vedro za ugljen"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a container like an open bucket",
      "word": "kolhink"
    }
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}

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    {
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      "args": {
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          "ref": "1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 7, in Well Tackled!",
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        "UK"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈskʌ.təɫ]",
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        "UK"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈskʌ.təl/",
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        "US"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈskʌ.ɾɫ̩]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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        "US"
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      "sense": "small hatch or opening in a boat",
      "word": "舷窗"
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    },
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "small hatch or opening in a boat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "small hatch or opening in a boat",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "иллюминатор"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "small hatch or opening in a boat",
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      "word": "lakomica"
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      "sense": "small hatch or opening in a boat",
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      "sense": "hatch that provides access to the roof",
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Luke"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hatch that provides access to the roof",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "hatch that provides access to the roof",
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "de",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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    }
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}

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        "To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose."
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          "text": "The Vichy French fleet in Toulon in 1942 scuttled itself as a final \"fuck you\" to the invading Germans.",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash",
          "text": "My men, the schooner coming up on our weather quarter is a Portuguese pirate. His character is known; he scuttles all the ships he boards, dishonours the women, and murders the crew.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Richard Côté, Theodosia Burr Alston: Portrait of a Prodigy, Corinthian Books, published 2002, page 325",
          "text": "In this version, the Patriot was boarded by pirates (or the crew and passengers were overpowered by mutineers), who murdered everyone and then looted and scuttled the ship.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Richard Norton Smith, The Colonel: The Life and Legend of Robert R. McCormick, 1880-1955, Northwestern University Press, published 2003, page 238",
          "text": "To lay the foundation for an all-weather dock at Shelter Bay, he filled an old barge with worn-out grindstones from the Thorold paper mill, then scuttled the vessel.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Michael Mueller, Canaris: The Life and Death of Hitler's Spymaster, Naval Institute Press, published 2007, page 17",
          "text": "He decided that before scuttling the ship to prevent her falling into enemy hands he had to get the dead and wounded ashore.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Nancy Toppino, Insiders' Guide to the Florida Keys and Key West, Insiders' Guide, published 2009, page 227",
          "text": "In recent years, steel-hull vessels up to 350 feet long have been scuttled in stable sandy-bottom areas, amassing new communities of fish and invertebrates and easing the stress and strain on the coral reef by creating new fishing and diving sites.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner."
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        "(transitive) To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner."
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        "transitive"
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          "ref": "1958 November 19, Civil Aeronautics Board, “Analysis”, in Aircraft Accident Report: American Airlines, Inc., Convair 240, N 94213, New Haven, Connecticut, March 1, 1958, retrieved 2022-11-25, page 4",
          "text": "The third and equally important fact is that at the time of gear retraction more than ample runway remained to brake to a successful stop and even had there been a fire in the left engine no necessity existed for scuttling the aircraft.",
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          "text": "The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst.",
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        {
          "ref": "1994 December 16, Richard W. Stevenson, “Financial Merger Is Scuttled”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "The proposed merger of the Morgan Stanley Group and the S. G. Warburg Group collapsed today, scuttling plans by the companies to create one of the world's most powerful investment banks.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 June 24, John Upton, “Fusion Experiment Faces New Hurdles”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "But the $3.5 billion ignition facility, derided by some critics as taxpayer-financed science fiction, is running into new challenges that may further delay and perhaps scuttle its goal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Astra Taylor, chapter 4, in The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company",
          "text": "By pushing for such an extreme and indefensible position, the old-media moguls sparked a tremendous outcry, which caused the legislation to be redrafted and then scuttled, at least temporarily",
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        "(transitive, by extension) To undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately."
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      "ipa": "[ˈskʌ.tɫ̩]",
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        "UK"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otvarjam ljukovete",
      "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
      "word": "отварям люковете"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
      "word": "barrinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
      "word": "kelderen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
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    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vythízo",
      "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
      "word": "βυθίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
      "word": "elsüllyeszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
      "word": "autoaffondarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jichin",
      "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
      "word": "自沈"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
      "word": "whakatotohu"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zatopljatʹ",
      "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
      "word": "затоплять"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
      "word": "potopiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
      "word": "potopiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
      "word": "barrenar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
      "word": "borra i sank"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain)",
      "word": "batırmak"
    }
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}

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        "To move hastily, to scurry."
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ofejkvam",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "офейквам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "krabbelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "vilistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "kipittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "flitzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "hoppeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "krabbeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "trippeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "wuseln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "tippeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "eilen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "davoneilen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "flitzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "davonflitzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "rohan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "rohangál"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "sciurd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "scinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "tuoma"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "karapetapeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "takawhiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udirátʹ",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "удира́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "cupkati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "To move hastily, to scurry",
      "word": "skakutati"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scuttle"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌtəl",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌtəl/2 syllables",
    "en:Containers"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "scuttle fly"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scuddle"
      },
      "expansion": "scuddle",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See scuddle.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scuttles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "scuttle (plural scuttles)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A quick pace; a short run."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskʌ.təl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈskʌ.tɫ̩]",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈskʌ.təɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskʌ.təl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈskʌ.ɾɫ̩]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈskʌ.ɾəɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌtəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-scuttle.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/En-au-scuttle.ogg/En-au-scuttle.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/En-au-scuttle.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "skuttle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scuttle"
}

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