different between supper vs scupper

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?p?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?p?/
• Rhymes: -?p?(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English sopere, from Old French soper, from sope (“soup”). Compare French souper.

Noun

supper (countable and uncountable, plural suppers)

1. Food consumed before going to bed.
2. Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
3. (Scotland, Northern Ireland, slang) A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.

   a fish supper; a pizza supper

Synonyms

• (meal): dinner; see also Thesaurus:meal

Derived terms

• kitchen supper
• Last Supper
• Lord's Supper
• lupper
• brupper

Related terms

• soup

Translations

Verb

supper (third-person singular simple present suppers, present participle suppering, simple past and past participle suppered)

1. To consume a snack before retiring.
2. To eat dinner (see above).

Translations

Etymology 2

sup +? -er

Noun

supper (plural suppers)

1. A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).

Translations

Anagrams

• Ruppes, uppers

Danish

Noun

supper c

1. indefinite plural of suppe

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

supper m or f

1. indefinite plural of suppe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

supper f

1. indefinite plural of suppe

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