(~s, scuttling, ~d)
1.
When people or small animals ~ somewhere, they run there with short quick steps.
Two very small children ~d away in front of them...
VERB: V adv/prep
2.
To ~ a plan or a proposal means to make it fail or cause it to stop.
Such threats could ~ the peace conference.
= scupper
VERB: V n
3.
To ~ a ship means to sink it deliberately by making holes in the bottom.
He personally had received orders from Commander Lehmann to ~ the ship.
VERB: V n, also V