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    scuttle

    scuttle - Dictionary definition and meaning for word scuttle

    Definition
    (noun) container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
    Synonyms : coal scuttle
    Definition
    (noun) an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
    Synonyms : hatchway , opening
    Definition
    (verb) to move about or proceed hurriedly
    Synonyms : scamper , scurry , skitter
    Example Sentence
    • so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for scuttle

s-cut-tle -->if there happens to be a cut in a ship,it will sink..

scuttle=cutt le,run away from there

scuttle====scurtle===scurt===skirt===it shud always be in sinking position.....otherwise ..........exposing will be there completely

SCUTTLE or HUSTLE which are rhyming words, mean, to move around hastily.

Scuttle <-> Cuttle fish .. Imagine cuttle fish cutting into the ship's bottom and SINKING it ..

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think os some shuttle(space shuttle) sinking in water due to its engine failure.....

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