What is the meaning of Scuttle?

A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).

A broad, shallow basket.

A dish, platter or a trencher.

A small hatch or opening in a boat, sometimes one used for draining water from open deck.

A drained trough between the windscreen and bonnet of a motor vehicle, forming the intake to the heating/air-conditioning system, often also containing the windscreen wiper motor.

  1. By extension, the bulkhead at the front of the passenger compartment.

By extension, the bulkhead at the front of the passenger compartment.

A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.

To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.

To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.

To deliberately wreck one's vehicle (of any sort).

To undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately.

To move hastily, to scurry.

A quick pace; a short run.

Source: wiktionary.org