"scuttle" in the noun sense
1. scuttle, coal scuttle
container for coal shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
2. hatchway, opening, scuttle
an entrance equipped with a hatch especially a passageway between decks of a ship
"scuttle" in the verb sense
1. scurry, scamper, skitter, scuttle
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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