scuttles

1. A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
2. A broad, shallow basket.
3. A dish, platter or a trencher.

1. A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck.
2. A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.

1. To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
2. To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
3. (by extension, in figurative use) Undermine or thwart oneself (sometimes intentionally), or denigrate or destroy one's position or property; compare scupper.

   The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst.

noun

A quick pace; a short run.

verb

To move hastily, to scurry.