scuttle

Nouns

  • (n) container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire coal scuttle,
  • (n) an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship hatchway, opening,

Verbs

  • (v) to move about or proceed hurriedly
    • so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
    scamper, scurry, skitter,

Synonyms

coal scuttle scamper scurry skitter hatchway opening

Words of close approximity

scuttlebutt