Scuttle (verb)
skut-l
to run with quick, hasty steps
First recorded between 1450–1500. Combines scud, meaning “to dart or run,” + frequentative suffix -le. Sometimes associated with the locomotion of crabs.
Example sentences
“They were late for their meeting, so they had to scuttle through the crowded subway station.”
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