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US
/ˈskəpɝ/
]
[ UK /skˈʌpɐ/ ]
[ UK /skˈʌpɐ/ ]
VERB
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- wait in hiding to attack
NOUN
- drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard
How To Use scupper In A Sentence
- Meade had not thought to warn her that a woman in her condition should not drink, for it never occurred to him that a decent woman would drink anything stronger than scuppernong wine.
- Now we've got the peace folk coming I have no doubt it will scupper the whole thing.
- But Gordon Brown will have been disappointed by Clegg's comments as they appearsto scupper any chance of a Lib-Lab pact that would keep him in Downing Street. Epolitix News
- And Andy Cole is on the verge of joining Manchester City, which scuppers any prospect of him returning to Ewood this summer.
- The scuppers, or the devices to allow the water to drain off the decks have been opened - they're normally in a closed position.
- Cheating will, of course, scupper your plans. Times, Sunday Times
- The answers may yet scupper privatisation - they did once before. Times, Sunday Times
- That was blowin 'a fresh o' wind, an 'he jest lay down in the lee scuppers, and' I can't get no wetter, Posh, 'he say, and let the lipper slosh oover him. Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants"
- The greatest fear is that the European governing body's internal politics will scupper the bid: McConnell admitted as much last month in an unguarded remark.
- But any possible deal was scuppered by red tape. The Sun