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scupper definition

scup·per (skup′ər)

noun

  1. an opening in a ship's side to allow water to run off the deck
  2. a similar outlet in a building, as for water to run off from a floor or roof

Etymology: LME via ? Anglo-Fr < OFr escopir, lit., to spit < VL *skuppire, of echoic orig.

transitive verb

Brit., Informal to wreck; ruin our plans were scuppered

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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