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scupper

noun

1 scupper

Drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard.

Roget 350: conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito, aboideau, aboiteau [Fr.], bito; acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre; ... show more

Dutch: spuigat

verb

1 scupper

Wait in hiding to attack.

synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, waylay.

Dutch: opwachten, belagen

2 scupper

Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position.

synonyms: endanger, expose, peril, queer.


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