noun a broad, shallow basket.
2. scuttle ·noun a quick pace; a short run.
3. scuttle ·noun an opening in the roof of a house, with a lid.
4. scuttle ·noun a wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
5. scuttle ·noun a small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.
6. scuttle ·vt to sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.
7. scuttle ·noun the lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.
8. scuttle ·vt to cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
9. scuttle ·vi to run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
10. scuttle ·noun a small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship.