scuttling
Running with quick short steps.
Meanings of «scuttling»
1 · verb
running with quick short steps
The crab went scuttling sideways across the warm sand.
2 · verb
sinking your own ship on purpose to stop the enemy
The sailors were scuttling the ship to keep it from the enemy.
Similar: scuppersink deliberately
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