<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Nautical. A small hatch or port in the deck, side, or bottom of a vessel.</li><li>A cover for this.</li><li>A small hatchlike opening in a roof or ceiling.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) scuttled, scut·tling. To sink (a vessel) deliberately, especially by opening seacocks or making openings in the hull.</li><li>To abandon, withdraw from, or cause to be abandoned or destroyed (as plans, hopes, rumors, etc.).</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>