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scuttle 1, verb(dictionary)
coal scuttle(dictionary)
Scuttle - Sailing(gambling)

scuttle(7) (iou)



scuttle verb2 trans. M17.
[from SCUTTLE noun2.]
Sink (a ship) by letting in water, now esp. by opening the seacocks; sink (one's own vessel) deliberately. M17.
b. fig. Thwart, spoil, ruin, frustrate, (esp. a plan). L19.
EuroBusiness The impasse over agriculture now threatens to scuttle the Uruguay Round of negotiations.
Cut a hole in (the deck of a vessel), esp. to salvage the cargo. Now rare. L18.
scuttler noun2 a person who scuttles a ship M19.