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1. To move about or proceed hurriedly
   "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scuttled to higher ground"
   - scurry, scamper, skitter

1. Container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
   - coal scuttle
    
2. An entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
   - hatchway, opening

Derived forms: scuttling, scuttles, scuttled

Type of: container, entrance, entranceway, entrée, entry, entryway, run

Encyclopedia: Scuttle