How to pronounce scuttle
American English pronunciation
SKUT-ul
- IPA
- /ˈskʌtəl/
- Syllables
- SKUT · ul (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What scuttle means
Most people know scuttle in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
To sink your own ship on purpose by letting water in
In a sentence: The crew scuttled the leaky old barge in deep water, where it would become a reef for fish.
Where it comes from: It comes from a French word for a hatch, a small opening in a ship. Cutting holes to let water in came to be called scuttling. It is a different word from scuttle, to scurry.
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