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Definition of scup in English: scupnoun skʌpskəp A common porgy (fish) with faint dark vertical bars, occurring off the coasts of the north-west Atlantic. Stenotomus chrysops, family Sparidae Example sentencesExamples - PIV analysis of boundary layer flow shows increased shear rates of 3.6 for swimming smooth dogfish and 1.5 to 1.9 for scup compared to a rigid reference.
- This was shortened by the early settlers in New England to scuppaug; and afterwards to scup, a better name than porgy (or paugy, as it used to be spelled at New York), and one still in use as a common name.
- When the first federal fish commissioner tried in 1871 to resolve a conflict in New England over declining scup stocks, the states were ill-equipped to deal with the issue and the commissioner gave up.
Origin Mid 19th century: from Narragansett mishcup, from mishe 'big' + cuppi 'close together' (because of the shape of the scales). Rhymes cup, grown-up, pup, straight-up, stuck-up, summing-up, sup, totting-up, two-up, up, washing-up Definition of scup in US English: scupnounskəp A common porgy (fish) with faint dark vertical bars, occurring off the coasts of the northwest Atlantic. Stenotomus chrysops, family Sparidae Example sentencesExamples - This was shortened by the early settlers in New England to scuppaug; and afterwards to scup, a better name than porgy (or paugy, as it used to be spelled at New York), and one still in use as a common name.
- PIV analysis of boundary layer flow shows increased shear rates of 3.6 for swimming smooth dogfish and 1.5 to 1.9 for scup compared to a rigid reference.
- When the first federal fish commissioner tried in 1871 to resolve a conflict in New England over declining scup stocks, the states were ill-equipped to deal with the issue and the commissioner gave up.
Origin Mid 19th century: from Narragansett mishcup, from mishe ‘big’ + cuppi ‘close together’ (because of the shape of the scales). |