A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck. / (construction) A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.

(transitive, nautical) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.

(intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.

A quick pace; a short run.

Alternative spelling of scuttlebutt

An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield. / An escutcheon; a small plate of metal, such as the shield around a keyhole.

(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) To beat or whip; to drub. / To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.

(countable) A wooden implement shaped like a large knife used to separate the valuable fibres of flax or hemp by beating them and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.

A tuft or clump of grass.

(nautical, countable) A butt with a scuttle — that is, a keg of drinking water with a hole cut in it, on board ship. / (informal, uncountable) Gossip, rumour, idle chatter.