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- Dictionaryscupper/ˈskʌpə/
noun
- 1. a hole in a ship's side to carry water overboard from the deck.
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SCUPPER definition: 1. to sink your own ship on purpose 2. to cause something such as a plan or an opportunity to fail…. Learn more.
The meaning of SCUPPER is an opening cut through the bulwarks of a ship so that water falling on deck may flow overboard. How to use scupper in a sentence. Scupper Has Military Origins
2. 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. any opening in the side of a building, as in a parapet, for draining off rain water.
Scupper definition: a drain at the edge of a deck exposed to the weather, for allowing accumulated water to drain away into the sea or into the bilges.. See examples of SCUPPER used in a sentence.
SCUPPER meaning: 1. to sink your own ship on purpose 2. to cause something such as a plan or an opportunity to fail…. Learn more.
Definition of scupper verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. 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. 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.
noun. drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard. see more. see less. type of: drain, drainpipe, waste pipe. a pipe through which liquid is carried away. verb. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position.
Scupper definition: An opening in the side of a ship at deck level to allow water to run off.
Definitions of 'scupper' 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. [...] 3. British, Informal. to wreck; ruin. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'scupper' British English: skʌpəʳ. More. Conjugations of 'scupper'
