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Rarescuttling
The correct spelling is scuttling.
How to pronounce scuttling
verb
Say it like: Scu-ttl-ing
The correct spelling is scuttling. To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose. For example: "The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst."
Usage Examples
“The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst.”
“scuttlings back and forth”
Meanings
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.
noun
- 1.The motion of one who scuttles.
- 2.The act by which a vessel is scuttled.
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