Scuttled
[s'kʌtld]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Scuttle
Editor: Quentin
Examples
- The little whippet tank scuttled back behind the rock wall. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But the sly dog dived, came up under the man-of-war, scuttled her, and down she went, with all sail set, 'To the bottom of the sea, sea, sea' where. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- They were afraid to snub me while they thought I was going to get the money--afterward they scuttled off as if I had the plague. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Editor: Quentin