scuttles in English

noun

1

a metal container with a sloping hinged lid and a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire.

2

an act or sound of scuttling.

I heard the scuttle of rats across the room

3

an opening with a lid in a ship's deck or side.

verb

1

run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps.

a mouse scuttled across the floor

2

sink (one's own ship) deliberately by holing it or opening its seacocks to let water in.

The gallant heroism of both the British Navy and the German Captain Langsdorff, who scuttles his own ship rather than face defeat, strongly appealed to Powell and Pressburger.

noun

• coal scuttle
• hatchway, opening

verb

• scurry, scamper, skitter

Use "scuttles" in a sentence

1. Then it scuttles off to start work.

2. Free will scuttles in the swamp of fear.

3. “A” and “B” class fire proof windows and side scuttles

4. "A" and "B" class fire proof windows and side scuttles

5. “A” and “B” class fire-proof windows and side scuttles

6. ‘A’ and ‘B’ class fire proof windows and side scuttles

7. In addition, side scuttles in spaces below the freeboard deck shall be provided with permanently attached deadlights.

8. Synonyms for Bustles include dashes, hurries, rushes, scurries, tears, hastens, scuttles, flutters, fusses and runs

9. When the oxygen in its “tank” is used up, it scuttles off to a mud pool for a refill.

10. Puzzling over this, I nearly miss a water rail which scuttles off down a drainage ditch towards the loch of Westsandwick.

11. It really had not occurred to her to think of them in that light. Scullery maids were machines who carried coal scuttles and made fires.