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Rarescuttles
The correct spelling is scuttles.
How to pronounce scuttles
noun
Say it like: Scu-ttl-es
The correct spelling is scuttles. A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal). For example: "The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst."
Usage Examples
“The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
- 2.A broad, shallow basket.
- 3.A dish, platter or a trencher.
- 4.A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck.
- 5.A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.
verb
- 1.To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
- 2.To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
- 3.(by extension, in figurative use) Undermine or thwart oneself (sometimes intentionally), or denigrate or destroy one's position or property; compare scupper.
- 4.To move hastily, to scurry.
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