Crawl forward is done much more agilely - scuttle like a cockroach!
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Scuttle
//ˈskʌt.l̩//
Synonyms for "scuttle" (275 found)
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Closest matches (55)
Strong matches (83)
doorpostdoorwaydouble timedouble-timedragdrivedroopfalterfestinatefixflank speedflashflat-out speedflingflounceflurryflutterfootfootslogforced draft
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founderfrench doorfront doorfull gallopfunkfunk outgaitgallopgategatepostgatewayget cold feetget goingget movinggo downhalthand gallophastehastenhatchheadlong rushheavy right foothelter skelterhelter-skelterhiehigh lopehippety-hophitchhobblehophumphump ithurryhurry onhurry scurryhurry throughhurry uphurry-scurryhurtlehustleimpoverishjogjog trotjoltjumpkayokeelkeel overknock outkoleaplimplintellock steplope
Noun(1 words)
Related words (137)
lose couragelose no timelumberlungelurchmake hastemaximum speedmincemincing stepsmove quicklyopen throttleoversetoverturnpacepaddlepartspatterpegpiaffepiaffer
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pitchpoleplodplungeporchportalporte cochereportholepostposternprancepress onpropylaeumpush onpylonracerackreceptaclerollruinrunrushrush throughsashaysaunterscamperscootscourscramblescudscuffscufflesettleshambleshipshipwreckshootshoot downshuffleside doorsidlesingle-footsinksink like leadskedaddleskipslinkslitherslogslouchslownesssomersaultsprintspurtstaggerstalkstampstepstep on itstilestompstorm doorstraddlestragglestridestrollstrolling gaitstrutstumpswaggerswampswingtearthresholdtittuptoddletollgatetorpedotottertraipsetraptrap doortreadtriptrottrudgeturn overturn turtleturnpiketurnstileundoupsetupset the boatvelocitywaddlewalkwamblewide-open speedwigglewobble
Verb(15 words)
Noun(3 words)
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20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
80 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- илюминатор noun (small hatch or opening in a boat)
- кофа за въглища noun (a container like an open bucket)
- люк noun (small hatch or opening in a boat)
- отварям люковете verb (To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain))
Catalan
1 entries- barrinar verb (To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain))
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 煤斗 noun (a container like an open bucket)
- 舷窗 noun (small hatch or opening in a boat)
Czech
4 entries- uhlák noun (a container like an open bucket)
- cupitat verb (To move hastily, to scurry)
- cupkat verb (To move hastily, to scurry)
- potopit verb (To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain))
Danish
1 entries- (kul)spand noun (a container like an open bucket)
Dutch
4 entries- emmer noun (a container like an open bucket)
- kolenemmer noun (a container like an open bucket)
- kolenkit noun (a container like an open bucket)
- kelderen verb (To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain))
Finnish
4 entries- hiilisanko noun (a container like an open bucket)
- kattoluukku noun (hatch that provides access to the roof)
- luukku noun (small hatch or opening in a boat)
- sanko noun (a container like an open bucket)
French
3 entries- écoutille noun (small hatch or opening in a boat)
- saborder verb (To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain))
- saboter verb (To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain))
German
4 entries- Ausstiegsluke noun (hatch that provides access to the roof)
- Bullauge noun (small hatch or opening in a boat)
- Eimer noun (a container like an open bucket)
- Klappe noun (hatch that provides access to the roof)
Greek
2 entries- τενεκές noun (a container like an open bucket)
- βυθίζω verb (To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain))
Hebrew
1 entries- פִּתְחָה noun (small hatch or opening in a boat)
Hungarian
3 entries- elsüllyeszt verb (To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain))
- rohan verb (To move hastily, to scurry)
- rohangál verb (To move hastily, to scurry)
Irish
2 entries- scinn verb (To move hastily, to scurry)
- sciurd verb (To move hastily, to scurry)
Italian
1 entries- autoaffondarsi verb (To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain))
Japanese
1 entries- 自沈 verb (To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain))
Māori
4 entries- karapetapeta verb (To move hastily, to scurry)
- takawhiti verb (To move hastily, to scurry)
- tuoma verb (To move hastily, to scurry)
- whakatotohu verb (To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain))
Norman
1 entries- boête à tchèrbon noun (a container like an open bucket)
Russian
3 entries- иллюминатор noun (small hatch or opening in a boat)
- затоплять verb (To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain))
- удира́ть verb (To move hastily, to scurry)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- lakomica noun (small hatch or opening in a boat)
- vedro za ugljen noun (a container like an open bucket)
- cupkati verb (To move hastily, to scurry)
- potopiti verb (To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain))
Slovak
1 entries- potopiť verb (To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain))
Spanish
3 entries- carbonera noun (a container like an open bucket)
- escotilla noun (small hatch or opening in a boat)
- barrenar verb (To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain))
Swedish
3 entries- kolhink noun (a container like an open bucket)
- lucka noun (small hatch or opening in a boat)
- borra i sank verb (To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain))
Turkish
1 entries- batırmak verb (To deliberately sink a ship (often by order of the captain))
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
They are now drawing lessons to make sure that rumors and misinformation will never again scuttle a vital health campaign.
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With care, Rodrigo opened the jar, allowing the centipede to scuttle away into the undergrowth.
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There is a concerted effort by the powerful to scuttle all social media sites that people use to organize against them.
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