SCUPPER DEFINITIONS - 6 definitions found
Websters 1828 Dictionary 
Scupper SCUP'PER, n. The scuppers or scupper holes of a ship, are
channels cut through the water ways and sides of a ship at proper
distances, and lined with lead for carrying off the water from the deck.
WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) 
scupper
n 1: drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow
overboard
v 1: wait in hiding to attack [syn: ambush, scupper,
bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait]
2: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
[syn: queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril]
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) 
scupper I. noun
Etymology: Middle English skopper- (in compounds), perhaps from
Anglo-French *escopoir, from escopir to spit out Date:
15th century 1. an opening cut through the bulwarks of a ship so
that water falling on deck may flow overboard 2. an opening in the
wall of a building through which water can drain from a floor or flat roof
II. transitive verb Etymology: origin unknown Date:
1899
British to defeat or put an end to ; do in 1a
Oxford English Reference Dictionary 
scupper 1. n. a hole in a ship's side to carry off water from the deck. Etymology: ME (perh. f. AF) f. OF escopir f. Rmc skuppire (unrecorded) to spit: orig.
imit. 2. v.tr. Brit. sl. 1 sink (a ship or its crew). 2 defeat or ruin (a plan etc.). 3 kill. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn.
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary 
scupper
(scuppers, scuppering, scuppered)
To scupper a plan or attempt means to spoil it completely. (mainly BRIT JOURNALISM)
If Schneider had seen him that would have scuppered all his plans...
VERB: V n
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 
Scupper \Scup"per\, n. [OF. escopir, escupir, to spit, perhaps
for escospir, L. ex + conspuere to spit upon; pref. con- +
spuere to spit. Cf. Spit, v.] (Naut.)
An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship,
so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; -- called
also scupper hole.
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