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# scuttle

«scuttle» in Mova's school dictionary: **To run with short, quick steps, like a crab or mouse** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (scuttle, scuttles, scuttled, scuttling); noun (a scuttle, coal scuttle)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To run with short, quick steps, like a crab or mouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scuttle/#m1)

2) To sink your own ship on purpose by making holes in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scuttle/#m2)

3) To spoil or stop a plan: The rain scuttled our picnic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scuttle/#m3)

4) (noun) A metal bucket for coal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scuttle/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, crabs and mice scuttle, giving a lively picture. In history, sailors scuttled ships so the enemy could not take them. Phrases: scuttle away, scuttle off, scuttle the plan.

### examples

- A crab scuttled across the sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scuttle/#x1)
- The mice scuttled into the hole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scuttle/#x2)
- The children scuttled off when the bell rang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scuttle/#x3)
- The captain scuttled the ship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scuttle/#x4)
- Bad weather scuttled our plans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scuttle/#x5)
- Grandma kept a coal scuttle by the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scuttle/#x6)

### note

Regular verb: scuttled. Similar: scurry, scamper. Not the same as «shuttle».

### In the corpora

- [Kun?» «Payah kun,» says the Magician, laughing, and the tiny crab scuttles away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scuttle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scuttle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.