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Scuttle

Noun

Definiciones

1.NounA container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
2.NounA broad, shallow basket.
3.NounA dish, platter or a trencher.
4.NounA small hatch or opening in a boat, sometimes one used for draining water from open deck.
5.NounA drained trough between the windscreen and bonnet of a motor vehicle, forming the intake to the heating/air-conditioning system, often also containing the windscreen wiper motor. By extension, the bulkhead at the front of the passenger compartment.
6.NounBy extension, the bulkhead at the front of the passenger compartment.
7.NounA hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.
8.VerbTo cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
9.VerbTo 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."
10.VerbTo deliberately wreck one's vehicle (of any sort).
11.VerbTo undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately.
"The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst."
12.VerbTo move hastily, to scurry.
13.NounA quick pace; a short run.
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