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scuttle

 
Noun scuttle has 2 senses
  1. scuttle, coal scuttle - container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
    --1 is a kind of container
  2. hatchway, opening, scuttle - an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
    --2 is a kind of entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree
    --2 has parts: hatch
    --2 has particulars: escape hatch
Verb scuttle has 1 sense
  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"
    --1 is one way to run
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
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