What is the meaning of scuttle?

noun

  • Container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire.
  • An entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship.

verb

  • To move about or proceed hurriedly.
    • usage: "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"
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