Scuttle vs. Scuddle — Which is Correct Spelling?
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Which is correct: Scuttle or Scuddle
How to spell Scuttle?
Scuttle
Correct Spelling
Scuddle
Incorrect Spelling
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Scuttle Definitions
A small opening or hatch with a movable lid in the deck or hull of a ship or in the roof, wall, or floor of a building.
The lid or hatch of such an opening.
A metal pail for carrying coal.
A shallow open basket for carrying vegetables, flowers, or grain.
A hurried run.
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To cut or open a hole or holes in (a ship's hull).
To sink (a ship) by this means.
To thwart, ruin, or terminate
“a program [the] President ... sought to scuttle” (Christian Science Monitor).
To run or move with short hurried movements; scurry.
A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
A broad, shallow basket.
A dish, platter or a trencher.
A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck.
(construction) A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.
A quick pace; a short run.
To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
(transitive) To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
The Vichy French fleet in Toulon in 1942 scuttled itself as a final "fuck you" to the invading Germans.
To deliberately wreck one's vehicle (of any sort).
To undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately.
The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst.
(intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.
A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.
The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.
To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
With the first dawn of day, old Janet was scuttling about the house to wake the baron.
To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.
To defeat, frustrate, abandon, or cause to be abandoned; - of plans, projects, actions, hopes; as, the review committee scuttled the project due to lack of funds.
Container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
An entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
To move about or proceed hurriedly;
So terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
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