Definition of scuttle

• n. - A broad, shallow basket.
• n. - A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
• v. i. - To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
• n. - A quick pace; a short run.
• n. - A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.
• n. - A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship.
• n. - An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid.
• n. - The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.
• v. t. - To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
• v. t. - To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.