All scuttle synonyms
scutΒ·tle
S s verb scuttle
- hasted β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- wreck β any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- bestirred β to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
- barreling β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- hasten β to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- make haste β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- bustle β If someone bustles somewhere, they move there in a hurried way, often because they are very busy.
- crawl β When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees.
- careered β an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
- barrelled β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- get cracking β to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- hasting β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- beat down β When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
- cast down β If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- barreled β Having the specified number of barrels.
- fussed β an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- larrup β to beat or thrash.
- defeat β If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
- dilapidate β to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- counterplot β a plot designed to frustrate another plot
- creamed β the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- careering β an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
- cave in β If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- barrelling β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- winging β either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- larruping β very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
- make tracks β a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- beetle β A beetle is an insect with a hard covering to its body.
- fussing β an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- bestir β to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse
- look alive β having life; living; existing; not dead or lifeless.
- worsted β that which is worst.
- race β Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
noun scuttle
- opening β an open or clear space.
- briskness β quick and active; lively: brisk trading; a brisk walk.
- brazier β A brazier is a large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned to keep people warm when they are outside in cold weather, for example because of their work.
- humidor β a container or storage room for cigars or other preparations of tobacco, fitted with means for keeping the tobacco suitably moist.
- jeroboam β the first king of the Biblical kingdom of the Hebrews in N Palestine.
- cauldron β A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
- hod β a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- canister β A canister is a strong metal container. It is used to hold gases or chemical substances.
- carafe β A carafe is a glass container in which you serve water or wine.
- magnum β a large wine bottle having a capacity of two ordinary bottles or 1.5 liters (1.6 quarts).
- hods β a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- bucket β A bucket is a round metal or plastic container with a handle attached to its sides. Buckets are often used for holding and carrying water.
- impetuosity β the quality or condition of being impetuous.
- container β A container is something such as a box or bottle that is used to hold or store things in.
- hatchway β Nautical. hatch2 (def 1a).
- hopper β Edward, 1882β1967, U.S. painter and etcher.
- firkin β a British unit of capacity usually equal to a quarter of a barrel.