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noun ˈskʌt(ə)lˈskədl 1A metal container with a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire. - 1.1 The amount of coal held in a scuttle.
carrying endless scuttles of coal up from the cellar Example sentencesExamples - Half a scuttle of coal 2-3 times/day is required to keep the fire burning.
2British The part of a car's bodywork between the windscreen and the bonnet. Example sentencesExamples - No scuttle shake or rattles were detected, a good sign that the aluminium chassis is all that its cracked up to be.
- There is pronounced scuttle shake over potholes too, but this kind of critique really misses the point.
- The S2000 has no scuttle shake, that bane of soft tops, because it uses what Honda calls an X-bone frame.
- Pop-up bonnets are not sufficient to eliminate head contact with the stiff windscreen scuttle and the A pillar, especially in small cars, and windscreen airbags are being developed to cover these stiffer regions.
- When road conditions became worse, juddering was transmitted through the steering column and scuttle shake, that scourge of open-tops, occurred.
- Now there is barely a hint of scuttle shake, and the odd shimmy and wobble you do still sense is no worse than in many saloons.
Origin Late Old English scutel 'dish, platter', from Old Norse skutill, from Latin scutella 'dish'. There are three main scuttles in English. The one you keep coal in meant a dish in Old English and comes via Old Norse from Latin scutella ‘dish’. The one for moving is probably from dialect scuddle from scud (mid 16th century) ‘move quickly’, which may have come from scut (Late Middle English) originally meaning a hare, but now better known as the tail of a hare or rabbit. This would give scud an original meaning similar to the modern informal ‘to hare along’ for to move quickly. The scuttle of a ship is first found as a noun meaning ‘hatchway’ at the end of the 15th century, and only as a verb ‘to sink’ from the mid 17th. It may come, via French, from Spanish escotilla ‘hatchway’.
Rhymes buttle, cuttle, rebuttal, shuttle, subtle, surrebuttal verb ˈskʌt(ə)lˈskədl no object, with adverbial of direction Run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps. a mouse scuttled across the floor Example sentencesExamples - As I read on the couch, something scuttles across the floor and I look up from the pages.
- After barely a verse, a Brazilian news crew scuttles over, a gaggle of photographers in tow.
- In one episode, a small, pinkish earwig-type creature scuttles across the floor, up a man's pants and into his mouth.
- Most of the immersion exists in the street and sewer scenes when cars and the noises of little rat feet scuttling shuffle from speaker to speaker, kind of.
- The nurse eventually scuttles happily out of the curtains and disappears.
- My absolute dream has always been to live and work in the same space - work downstairs then scuttle upstairs to a nest in the rafters.
- The man he sits on scuttles away, so timid to be sat on first thing in the morning.
- She nods slowly and scuttles away, going from sitting next to me to between Brendon and a meditating Seleth, the four of us nestled in a shady corner.
- I open the rest of my presents and scuttle upstairs to put my pants away in my pants drawer.
- As a result, the insect scuttles around on automatic pilot.
- Its little brown body scuttles across the floor, traveling like the cars outside of my window.
- Mrs Grier scuttles off, and Mr Grier hobbles over to the couch.
- The window-dressers tut, relinquish their sparkling trolley, turn on their heels and scuttle back to safety.
- The hedgehog scuttles off along the wall, until the dancing is only a distant noise and he unfolds back into a boy.
- Behind one of the cameras a lizard scuttles up the wall and disappears down the other side.
- Then, he would return the bowl and scuttle back to his lair.
- A hedgehog scuttles out of the shrubs, it clicks across the road and I staccato-step behind it.
- Meanwhile, rows of new swiveling, scuttling ergonomic chairs line the walls.
- But then he arrives, smiles warmly, asks for a glass of wine and a moment to speak to his wife, and scuttles off.
- Sartre also, Marie-Denise Boros points out, was particularly fond of the crab, a creature which scuttles its way into everything from his philosophical texts to his plays.
- A shiny, rust-colored beetle, only 1/8-inch long, scuttles across a kitchen countertop.
- In other contemporaneous drawings, the fish bodies seem to have morphed into billowing sails and scuttling deep-sea crustaceans.
- I try to hug him, but he just drops to the floor and scuttles away, slamming the door shut again with his feet.
Synonyms scamper, scurry, scramble, bustle, skip, trot, hurry, hasten, make haste, rush, race, dash, run, sprint British scutter informal scoot, beetle
noun ˈskʌt(ə)lˈskədl An act or sound of scuttling. I heard the scuttle of rats across the room Example sentencesExamples - Earlier in the day, I visited Little Water Cay, where I could hear the scuttle of endangered rock iguanas mixing with the waves.
Synonyms scamper, scampering noise, scurry, scurrying bustle, bustling, trot, hurry, haste, rush, race, dash, run, sprint rustle, rasp, scratching noise British scutter, scuttering
Origin Late 15th century: compare with dialect scuddle, frequentative of scud1. verb ˈskʌt(ə)lˈskədl [with object]1Sink (one's own ship) deliberately by holing it or opening its seacocks to let water in. the ship was scuttled by its German prize crew, who took to the boats Example sentencesExamples - A Soviet sub carrying rotten caviar and toxic waste cabbage broth is scuttled and the oozing brew burbles into the depths of the ocean.
- The gallant heroism of both the British Navy and the German Captain Langsdorff, who scuttles his own ship rather than face defeat, strongly appealed to Powell and Pressburger.
2Deliberately cause (a scheme) to fail. some of the stockholders are threatening to scuttle the deal Example sentencesExamples - As such, she doesn't get out much, since her few attempts at dating are scuttled by the conspicuous presence of her bodyguards.
- Too often the music's lyricism is scuttled by his bumpy legato, its tremendous strength is held in check, and the soundstage turns powerful phrases into key-pounding exercises.
- On the other, the book makes no concession to ways in which authorial intent might be shaped or scuttled by external factors.
- Kunuk comes off as a sentimentalist, scuttling his attempts to inflate his story into something bigger, leaving remains that feel as psychologically uncomplicated as the similarly themed The Lion King.
- Golub was an odd man out, one of those who kept alive certain ambitions scuttled by the artists who followed Abstract Expressionism.
- Trent Lott, R-Miss., suggested that there could be repercussions for the industry, always well-protected by Congress, if it succeeded in scuttling the agreement.
- He was an outspoken critic of the show when it began, mostly because it scuttled his own plans for a Galactica reboot that would pick up where the 1978 version left off.
- Yet he constantly scuttles any optimism that the nightmare is possibly manageable.
- Wood Island could be anywhere in America, and it's this lack of a concrete focus that finally scuttles the story being told.
- This film's release to DVD is unwarranted, and it should be scuttled and returned to the hidden film vault beneath the Nevada salt mines.
- There is little doubt that his Nazi ties scuttled his career while he was alive and sullied his reputation after his death.
- But I also have to face the facts: sometimes a good concept can be hopelessly scuttled by budgetary limitations.
- The Babysitters Club would have been a first-rate film had they simply scuttled the stupid story points and let the characters interact and speak to each other.
noun ˈskʌt(ə)lˈskədl An opening with a cover in a ship's deck or side. a shaft of sunlight blazed through the cabin scuttle
Origin 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. scuttle1(also coal scuttle) nounˈskədlˈskədl 1A metal container with a sloping hinged lid and a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire. - 1.1 The amount of coal held in a scuttle.
carrying endless scuttles of coal up from the cellar Example sentencesExamples - Half a scuttle of coal 2-3 times/day is required to keep the fire burning.
Origin Late Old English scutel ‘dish, platter’, from Old Norse skutill, from Latin scutella ‘dish’. verbˈskədlˈskədl no object, with adverbial of direction Run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps. a mouse scuttled across the floor Example sentencesExamples - But then he arrives, smiles warmly, asks for a glass of wine and a moment to speak to his wife, and scuttles off.
- The window-dressers tut, relinquish their sparkling trolley, turn on their heels and scuttle back to safety.
- As a result, the insect scuttles around on automatic pilot.
- She nods slowly and scuttles away, going from sitting next to me to between Brendon and a meditating Seleth, the four of us nestled in a shady corner.
- As I read on the couch, something scuttles across the floor and I look up from the pages.
- After barely a verse, a Brazilian news crew scuttles over, a gaggle of photographers in tow.
- Sartre also, Marie-Denise Boros points out, was particularly fond of the crab, a creature which scuttles its way into everything from his philosophical texts to his plays.
- Most of the immersion exists in the street and sewer scenes when cars and the noises of little rat feet scuttling shuffle from speaker to speaker, kind of.
- I open the rest of my presents and scuttle upstairs to put my pants away in my pants drawer.
- The nurse eventually scuttles happily out of the curtains and disappears.
- Behind one of the cameras a lizard scuttles up the wall and disappears down the other side.
- Mrs Grier scuttles off, and Mr Grier hobbles over to the couch.
- In one episode, a small, pinkish earwig-type creature scuttles across the floor, up a man's pants and into his mouth.
- Its little brown body scuttles across the floor, traveling like the cars outside of my window.
- I try to hug him, but he just drops to the floor and scuttles away, slamming the door shut again with his feet.
- The hedgehog scuttles off along the wall, until the dancing is only a distant noise and he unfolds back into a boy.
- In other contemporaneous drawings, the fish bodies seem to have morphed into billowing sails and scuttling deep-sea crustaceans.
- Then, he would return the bowl and scuttle back to his lair.
- A shiny, rust-colored beetle, only 1/8-inch long, scuttles across a kitchen countertop.
- A hedgehog scuttles out of the shrubs, it clicks across the road and I staccato-step behind it.
- Meanwhile, rows of new swiveling, scuttling ergonomic chairs line the walls.
- My absolute dream has always been to live and work in the same space - work downstairs then scuttle upstairs to a nest in the rafters.
- The man he sits on scuttles away, so timid to be sat on first thing in the morning.
Synonyms scamper, scurry, scramble, bustle, skip, trot, hurry, hasten, make haste, rush, race, dash, run, sprint
nounˈskədlˈskədl An act or sound of scuttling. I heard the scuttle of rats across the room Example sentencesExamples - Earlier in the day, I visited Little Water Cay, where I could hear the scuttle of endangered rock iguanas mixing with the waves.
Synonyms scamper, scampering noise, scurry, scurrying
Origin Late 15th century: compare with dialect scuddle, frequentative of scud. verbˈskədlˈskədl [with object]1Sink (one's own ship) deliberately by holing it or opening its seacocks to let water in. Example sentencesExamples - A Soviet sub carrying rotten caviar and toxic waste cabbage broth is scuttled and the oozing brew burbles into the depths of the ocean.
- The gallant heroism of both the British Navy and the German Captain Langsdorff, who scuttles his own ship rather than face defeat, strongly appealed to Powell and Pressburger.
- 1.1 Deliberately cause (a scheme) to fail.
some of the stockholders are threatening to scuttle the deal Example sentencesExamples - Yet he constantly scuttles any optimism that the nightmare is possibly manageable.
- But I also have to face the facts: sometimes a good concept can be hopelessly scuttled by budgetary limitations.
- On the other, the book makes no concession to ways in which authorial intent might be shaped or scuttled by external factors.
- There is little doubt that his Nazi ties scuttled his career while he was alive and sullied his reputation after his death.
- Trent Lott, R-Miss., suggested that there could be repercussions for the industry, always well-protected by Congress, if it succeeded in scuttling the agreement.
- Too often the music's lyricism is scuttled by his bumpy legato, its tremendous strength is held in check, and the soundstage turns powerful phrases into key-pounding exercises.
- Golub was an odd man out, one of those who kept alive certain ambitions scuttled by the artists who followed Abstract Expressionism.
- As such, she doesn't get out much, since her few attempts at dating are scuttled by the conspicuous presence of her bodyguards.
- Kunuk comes off as a sentimentalist, scuttling his attempts to inflate his story into something bigger, leaving remains that feel as psychologically uncomplicated as the similarly themed The Lion King.
- This film's release to DVD is unwarranted, and it should be scuttled and returned to the hidden film vault beneath the Nevada salt mines.
- The Babysitters Club would have been a first-rate film had they simply scuttled the stupid story points and let the characters interact and speak to each other.
- He was an outspoken critic of the show when it began, mostly because it scuttled his own plans for a Galactica reboot that would pick up where the 1978 version left off.
- Wood Island could be anywhere in America, and it's this lack of a concrete focus that finally scuttles the story being told.
nounˈskədlˈskədl An opening with a lid in a ship's deck or side.
Origin 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. |