A peculiar word with many meanings: scuttle

 1. A coal scuttle.

2. Walking of a crab

3. Sinking of a ship.

This word came up recently in the daily emails from Dictionary.com, but, curiously, only with the meaning relating to walking.  

to run with quick, hasty steps

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More about scuttle

• First recorded between 1450–1500.
• Combines scud¹, meaning “to dart or run,” + frequentative suffix -le¹.
• Sometimes associated with the locomotion of crabs.

EXAMPLES OF SCUTTLE

• With the snorkel mask on, she could now see all sorts of creatures scuttling across the seafloor.
• They were late for their meeting, so they had to scuttle through the crowded subway station.

 

It seems odd that other definitions were not mentioned.