different between scupper vs cupper

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sk?p.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sk?p.?/
• Rhymes: -?p?(?)

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English scope (“scoop”) or Dutch schop (“shovel”) +? -er; or from Dutch scheppen (“to draw off”).

Noun

scupper (plural scuppers)

1. (nautical) A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.
2. (architecture) A similar opening in a wall or parapet that allows water to drain from a roof.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• scupper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Of unknown origin; possibly verbized form of Etymology 1, but this is unlikely.

Verb

scupper (third-person singular simple present scuppers, present participle scuppering, simple past and past participle scuppered)

1. (Britain) Thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another; compare scuttle.
   • 2002, Hugo Young, The Guardian (2 Jul):

     "We can't allow US tantrums to scupper global justice."

Translations

References

• “scupper”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• cuppers

English

Etymology

cup +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

cupper (plural cuppers)

1. (medicine, archaic) One who performs the operation of cupping.
2. (in combination) Someone with a specific bra size.

   She is a C-cupper.

3. (slang) A coffee aficionado.
4. (Britain, Oxford and Cambridge universities) An intercollegiate sporting competition, open to all colleges.
5. (obsolete) A cupbearer.
6. Alternative form of cuppa