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[ˈskʌtl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a metal container with a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire
- the part of a car's bodywork between the windscreen and the bonnet
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Origin
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late Old English scutel ‘dish, platter’, from Old Norse skutill, from Latin scutella ‘dish’
[ˈskʌtl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps
(e.g: a mouse scuttled across the floor)
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Origin
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late 15th century: compare with dialect scuddle, frequentative of scud
[ˈskʌtl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an act or sound of scuttling
(e.g: I heard the scuttle of rats across the room)
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Origin
:
late 15th century: compare with dialect scuddle, frequentative of scud
[ˈskʌtl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- sink (one's own ship) deliberately by holing it or opening its seacocks to let water in
(e.g: the ship was scuttled by its German prize crew, who took to the boats)
- deliberately cause (a scheme) to fail
(e.g: some of the stockholders are threatening to scuttle the deal)
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Origin
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late 15th century (as a noun): perhaps from Old French escoutille, from the Spanish diminutive escotilla ‘hatchway’. The verb dates from the mid 17th century
[ˈskʌtl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an opening with a cover in a ship's deck or side
(e.g: a shaft of sunlight blazed through the cabin scuttle)
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Origin
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late 15th century (as a noun): perhaps from Old French escoutille, from the Spanish diminutive escotilla ‘hatchway’. The verb dates from the mid 17th century
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