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1. (n.) scupper
an opening at the edge of a ship's deck that allows accumulated water to drain away into the sea or into the bilges.
2. scupper
a drain, closed by one or two flaps, for allowing water from the sprinkler system of a factory or the like to run off a floor of the building to the exterior.
3. scupper
any opening in the side of a building, as in a parapet, for draining off rainwater.
Etymology: (1475–85; earlier skoper)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) scupper
drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard
2. (verb) ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait
wait in hiding to attack
3. (verb) queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril
put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. scupper
an opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; -- called also scupper hole
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