scuttle
To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's…To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
Recorded: Commander Keane, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» The ship was scuttled last year.
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Examples
14 sentencesThe ship was scuttled last year.
The centipede scuttled along the riverbank.
The black spider scuttled away quickly.
Meaning
5 senses(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.
versenken
затоплятьzatopljatʹ
(intransitive)To move hastily, to scurry.
flitzen, hoppeln, krabbeln
удира́тьudirátʹ
(broadly, transitive)To undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately.
The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst.
More meanings 2
(transitive)To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
(broadly, transitive)To deliberately wreck one's vehicle (of any sort).
- to move about or proceed hurriedly
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French escoutille (compare French écoutille), from Old Norse skaut (“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.
See scuddle.
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Forms
scuttles, scuttling, scuttled, scuttledTenses
scuttle · scuttled · will scuttle · have scuttledSynonyms
5 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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