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Difference Between Scuttle and Scuddle

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Scuttle

A small opening or hatch with a movable lid in the deck or hull of a ship or in the roof, wall, or floor of a building.

Scuddle

(intransitive) To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.

Scuttle

The lid or hatch of such an opening.

Scuddle

To drudge.

Scuttle

A metal pail for carrying coal.

Scuddle

To wash or cleanse.
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Scuttle

A shallow open basket for carrying vegetables, flowers, or grain.

Scuddle

To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.

Scuttle

A hurried run.

Scuttle

To cut or open a hole or holes in (a ship's hull).

Scuttle

To sink (a ship) by this means.

Scuttle

To thwart, ruin, or terminate
“a program [the] President ... sought to scuttle” (Christian Science Monitor).
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Scuttle

To run or move with short hurried movements; scurry.

Scuttle

A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).

Scuttle

A broad, shallow basket.

Scuttle

A dish, platter or a trencher.

Scuttle

A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck.

Scuttle

(construction) A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.

Scuttle

A quick pace; a short run.

Scuttle

To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.

Scuttle

(transitive) To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
The Vichy French fleet in Toulon in 1942 scuttled itself as a final "fuck you" to the invading Germans.

Scuttle

To deliberately wreck one's vehicle (of any sort).

Scuttle

To undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately.
The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst.

Scuttle

(intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.

Scuttle

A broad, shallow basket.

Scuttle

A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.

Scuttle

A quick pace; a short run.

Scuttle

A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.

Scuttle

The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.

Scuttle

To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
With the first dawn of day, old Janet was scuttling about the house to wake the baron.

Scuttle

To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.

Scuttle

To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.

Scuttle

To defeat, frustrate, abandon, or cause to be abandoned; - of plans, projects, actions, hopes; as, the review committee scuttled the project due to lack of funds.

Scuttle

Container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire

Scuttle

An entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

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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