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Scuttle - Sailing(gambling)

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scuttle verb1 intrans. L15.
[Parallel to SCUDDLE.]
Run or move hurriedly with short quick steps, esp. furtively or busily; scurry, scamper; transf. flee ignominiously from danger or difficulty, withdraw precipitately.
D. Jacobson He scuttled away downstairs like a guilty schoolboy. C. McCullough The men in my life all scuttle off into the woodwork. H. Carpenter Sometimes the live crabs..would escape from their basket, scuttling under the bed.
scuttler noun1 a person who scuttles M19.