(intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.
Used in a Sentence
scuttled
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for scuttled.
Editorial note
The Selma developed a crack, nobody knew how to repair it, so she was scuttled.
Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of scuttled gathered in one view.
(transitive) To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
(transitive, by extension) To undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for scuttled.
verb
(intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.
verb
(transitive) To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
verb
(transitive, by extension) To undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately.
verb
(transitive, nautical) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
Example sentences
The Selma developed a crack, nobody knew how to repair it, so she was scuttled.
The drinking water on board sailing ships was stored in a butt, which had been scuttled (holed) to withdraw the water.
Isn't TypeScript the same type system that Microsoft scuttled along with the rest of ES4?
That plan had been supported by the Town of Lexington, but was scuttled by fierce anti-urban sentiment in parts of Arlington.
More than 400 died, and the crippled ship had to be scuttled a few hours later to keep it from being captured.
We all know that trial lawyers would, logically, dislike patent reform, so of course they're a natural suspect when it gets scuttled.
The result would be a scuttled agreement, and all the political headache of having made those concessions without any of the corresponding gain.
An interesting bit of history is that the acquisition offer was scuttled when Yahoo put in a competing bid that Google could not match.
Historically, that stage just lands in the ocean and is either scuttled or must be extensively cleaned and retrofit in order to fly again.
Then the earthquake and fire happened and the plan was scuttled.
Yeah, I actually scuttled a deal with them for my laser cutter accessory over this...
Yet another attempt at a comparison scuttled by using randomness.
Quote examples
Sailors would gather around the scuttled butt to take their water ration, and exchange rumors and gossip, which was shortened to "scuttlebutt".
The resigning editors wrote: "It is a sad irony that [...] liberalism’s central journal should be scuttled with flagrant and frivolous abandon.
As the cockroach moved between rooms it would create shadow copies of itself, slowly but inexorably creating a cockroach apocalypse as tens of thousands of pointers to the cockroach, each somehow acquiring their own timer, scuttled their way into every player’s inventory dozens of times." OK...
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use scuttled in a sentence?
The Selma developed a crack, nobody knew how to repair it, so she was scuttled.
What does scuttled mean?
(intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.
What part of speech is scuttled?
scuttled is commonly used as verb.