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1. A container for coal. Uses: "There's not enough coal in that scuttle to warm the nuts of a gnat."

2. To break apart a ship. Also used figuratively: "That was a crap plan. Scuttle it now and start again."

3. The act of sexual intercourse, often associated with a vector: "She needs a good back scuttle."

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