scuttling

About 0.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of scuttle
2. noun The motion of one who scuttles.

   scuttlings back and forth

3. noun The act by which a vessel is scuttled.

Similar words

hatchway skitter scamper scurry opening coal scuttle torpedoing scuttering scutter scud

Often followed by

of the across away about back along to in off

Word family

scuttle scuttled scuttles