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noun ˈskʌpəˈskəpər usually scuppers1A hole in a ship's side to carry water overboard from the deck. Example sentencesExamples - The scuppers, or the devices to allow the water to drain off the decks have been opened - they're normally in a closed position.
- Franklin had noticed that the wake of one ship he saw was particularly smooth, and was told that the cooks had probably just discharged greasy water through the scuppers.
- Men around me were being sick and the scuppers were full of vomit.
- Nylon panels on the sides of the Geckos eject water like scuppers on a tramp steamer - hop out of the river, take five steps, and the bilges are dry.
- The master-at-arms or chief petty officer in charge would ceremonially tip this residue into the scuppers at the edge of the deck, from where, to the daily perplexity and annoyance of thirsty seamen, it would drain into the sea.
- Trimmings - the rails, scuppers and waterline - were painted black, in counterpoint to the polished metal of brass fixtures.
- Railings and scuppers were carved and painted with paints that had seen better days.
- Fleets of great armed ships, loaded to the scuppers with silver and other treasures from the Viceroyalties of Peru and New Spain, were assembled and outfitted at Havana.
- Firstly, one climbs into a jet crammed to the scuppers with domestic and foreign tourists, thence to fly more rapidly than Moses ever did across the desert.
- 1.1 An outlet in the side of a building for draining water.
Example sentencesExamples - The parapets were built with scuppers to remove the water from the roof, but when the scuppers become plugged, as they inevitably do, a dam is created that traps water on the roof.
- We didn't want to run any downspouts, so we used scuppers instead, and put pavers in the earth where the rain would hit.
- Then a deluge, arches of water flowing from the scuppers, splashing onto the rocks, connecting the house with the earth.
Origin Late Middle English: perhaps via Anglo-Norman French from Old French escopir 'to spit'; compare with German Speigatt, literally 'spit hole'. This was first used as military slang in the sense ‘kill, especially in an ambush’. The origin is uncertain. It may be from scupper in the sense of the opening on a ship to allow water to drain, with the idea that a fallen sailor would roll into the scuppers, but since we do not know the origin of this word, we do not get much further. The sense ‘sink’ dates from the 1970s, perhaps through confusion with scuttle.
Rhymes crupper, cuppa, supper, upper verb ˈskʌpəˈskəpər [with object]1British Sink (a ship or its crew) deliberately. the ship was scuppered and seriously damaged Example sentencesExamples - Against extraordinary odds Davie and Alan fight their way out of their ship's cabin - and in a moment of desperation Alan recklessly scuppers the ship when he ignites a barrel of gunpowder in the hold.
Synonyms sink, scuttle, submerge, send to the bottom, open the seacocks in 2informal Prevent from working or succeeding; thwart. plans for a bypass were scuppered by a public inquiry Example sentencesExamples - If the characters do not have backbone, articulacy and humour, then that pretty much scuppers high comedy.
- But the venue, which should be part of the appeal of this production by new, young, classical company Cannon's Mouth, scuppers it.
- Perhaps they've just been scuppered by inexperience and the difficulties of the devised show.
- Work began to come in: commissions for schools, offices and housing, as well as the inevitable promising projects scuppered by cautious planners.
- And a growing environmentalist movement in the country has already scuppered a leading mining project.
- Perhaps I should have piped up and suggested a digestion sabbatical before the final touch, which effectively scuppers any true criticism by being truly ambrosial.
- If they don't, any chance of them achieving rock royalty status will be scuppered.
- Fifteen years ago, Near Dark went largely unnoticed, its box-office chances scuppered by a release date too close to that of a more teen-friendly vampire flick, The Lost Boys.
- Maybe instead it was a story about subconscious guilt - Hamlet realises the Hamlet family has done dirt to the Fortinbras clan, and inadvertently sabotages his own kinfolk and scuppers his inheritance.
- Being a surgeon or concert pianist is an advantage here - the disc is naturally misshaped for use in the round CD-Rom drive, so half an inch either way scuppers the exercise.
- New broom stirs up dust; pupils gradually appreciate a teacher who makes them think outside the box; syllabus scuppered in favour of rejuvenating the imagination.
- The absence of the two captive witnesses has probably scuppered the entire case.
- It should have been the perfect crowd-pleasing formula, but the album was scuppered by poor distribution, and its failure prompted the departure of the band's co-founder, Chris Bell.
- His wilful jettisoning of anything approaching drama in the last act, though, scuppers the whole production.
- Rochefort was cast to play the lead, but his illness scuppered the picture.
- If you're asking whether this scuppers the deal, the answer is absolutely not.
- And Andy Cole is on the verge of joining Manchester City, which scuppers any prospect of him returning to Ewood this summer.
- My dwarves have scuppered the concept by growing to well over six feet.
- However, there are rumours that India will go ahead and sign the deal because it does not want to be the country that scuppers the talks.
- By taking it on, albeit reluctantly, he scuppers his girlfriend Samantha's plans to start a new life together in Las Vegas.
Synonyms ruin, wreck, destroy, devastate, wreak havoc on, damage, spoil, mar, injure, blast, blight, smash, shatter, dash, torpedo, scotch, mess up sabotage, poison informal louse up, screw up, foul up, put the kibosh on, banjax, do for, blow a hole in, nix, queer British informal cock up, dish Australian informal euchre, cruel vulgar slang fuck up archaic bring to naught
Origin Late 19th century (as military slang in the sense 'kill, especially in an ambush'): of unknown origin. The sense 'sink' dates from the 1970s. nounˈskəpərˈskəpər usually scuppers1A hole in a ship's side to carry water overboard from the deck. Example sentencesExamples - Nylon panels on the sides of the Geckos eject water like scuppers on a tramp steamer - hop out of the river, take five steps, and the bilges are dry.
- Firstly, one climbs into a jet crammed to the scuppers with domestic and foreign tourists, thence to fly more rapidly than Moses ever did across the desert.
- Fleets of great armed ships, loaded to the scuppers with silver and other treasures from the Viceroyalties of Peru and New Spain, were assembled and outfitted at Havana.
- Trimmings - the rails, scuppers and waterline - were painted black, in counterpoint to the polished metal of brass fixtures.
- Men around me were being sick and the scuppers were full of vomit.
- Railings and scuppers were carved and painted with paints that had seen better days.
- Franklin had noticed that the wake of one ship he saw was particularly smooth, and was told that the cooks had probably just discharged greasy water through the scuppers.
- The master-at-arms or chief petty officer in charge would ceremonially tip this residue into the scuppers at the edge of the deck, from where, to the daily perplexity and annoyance of thirsty seamen, it would drain into the sea.
- The scuppers, or the devices to allow the water to drain off the decks have been opened - they're normally in a closed position.
- 1.1 An outlet in the side of a building for draining water.
Example sentencesExamples - Then a deluge, arches of water flowing from the scuppers, splashing onto the rocks, connecting the house with the earth.
- The parapets were built with scuppers to remove the water from the roof, but when the scuppers become plugged, as they inevitably do, a dam is created that traps water on the roof.
- We didn't want to run any downspouts, so we used scuppers instead, and put pavers in the earth where the rain would hit.
Origin Late Middle English: perhaps via Anglo-Norman French from Old French escopir ‘to spit’; compare with German Speigatt, literally ‘spit hole’. verbˈskəpərˈskəpər [with object]British 1Sink (a ship or its crew) deliberately. Example sentencesExamples - Against extraordinary odds Davie and Alan fight their way out of their ship's cabin - and in a moment of desperation Alan recklessly scuppers the ship when he ignites a barrel of gunpowder in the hold.
Synonyms sink, scuttle, submerge, send to the bottom, open the seacocks in - 1.1informal Prevent from working or succeeding; thwart.
plans for a casino were scuppered by a public inquiry Example sentencesExamples - Maybe instead it was a story about subconscious guilt - Hamlet realises the Hamlet family has done dirt to the Fortinbras clan, and inadvertently sabotages his own kinfolk and scuppers his inheritance.
- The absence of the two captive witnesses has probably scuppered the entire case.
- And Andy Cole is on the verge of joining Manchester City, which scuppers any prospect of him returning to Ewood this summer.
- But the venue, which should be part of the appeal of this production by new, young, classical company Cannon's Mouth, scuppers it.
- Perhaps I should have piped up and suggested a digestion sabbatical before the final touch, which effectively scuppers any true criticism by being truly ambrosial.
- Fifteen years ago, Near Dark went largely unnoticed, its box-office chances scuppered by a release date too close to that of a more teen-friendly vampire flick, The Lost Boys.
- By taking it on, albeit reluctantly, he scuppers his girlfriend Samantha's plans to start a new life together in Las Vegas.
- Rochefort was cast to play the lead, but his illness scuppered the picture.
- However, there are rumours that India will go ahead and sign the deal because it does not want to be the country that scuppers the talks.
- If you're asking whether this scuppers the deal, the answer is absolutely not.
- My dwarves have scuppered the concept by growing to well over six feet.
- Perhaps they've just been scuppered by inexperience and the difficulties of the devised show.
- If they don't, any chance of them achieving rock royalty status will be scuppered.
- His wilful jettisoning of anything approaching drama in the last act, though, scuppers the whole production.
- If the characters do not have backbone, articulacy and humour, then that pretty much scuppers high comedy.
- Being a surgeon or concert pianist is an advantage here - the disc is naturally misshaped for use in the round CD-Rom drive, so half an inch either way scuppers the exercise.
- And a growing environmentalist movement in the country has already scuppered a leading mining project.
- Work began to come in: commissions for schools, offices and housing, as well as the inevitable promising projects scuppered by cautious planners.
- New broom stirs up dust; pupils gradually appreciate a teacher who makes them think outside the box; syllabus scuppered in favour of rejuvenating the imagination.
- It should have been the perfect crowd-pleasing formula, but the album was scuppered by poor distribution, and its failure prompted the departure of the band's co-founder, Chris Bell.
Synonyms ruin, wreck, destroy, devastate, wreak havoc on, damage, spoil, mar, injure, blast, blight, smash, shatter, dash, torpedo, scotch, mess up
Origin Late 19th century (as military slang in the sense ‘kill, especially in an ambush’): of unknown origin. The sense ‘sink’ dates from the 1970s. |