scuttle
[verb]
Synonyms: run, bustle, hasten, hurry, rush, scamper, scoot, scurry

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Related Words: scoot, scramble, scud

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. scut‧tle¹ /ˈskʌtl/ verb
[Sense 1: Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Probably from scud + shuttle]
[Sense 2,3: Date: 1600-1700; Origin: scuttle 'opening in the side of a ship' (15-21 centuries), probably from Old Spanish escotilla]

1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move quickly with short steps, especially because you are afraid and do not want to be noticed:
A little lizard scuttled across the path.

2. [transitive] American English to ruin or end someone’s plans or chance of being successful – used especially in news reports Synonym : scupper British English:
The incident threatens to scuttle the peace process.

3. [transitive] to sink a ship by making holes in the bottom, especially in order to prevent it being used by an enemy

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. scuttle² noun [countable]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: scutella 'drinking bowl', from scutra 'large plate']
a container for carrying coal

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲