1. (

• scuttle ,
• coal_scuttle

) container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire ;

2. (

• hatchway ,
• opening ,
• scuttle ,

) an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship ;

1. (

• scurry ,
• scamper ,
• skitter ,
• scuttle

) to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground" ;