Complete Definition of "scupper"

English

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�p�(r)|-�p�(r)

Noun
en-noun

  1. A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.

Translations
trans-top|drainage hole
French: t|fr|dalot|m
trans-mid
Russian: �пига� (špigát) m
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Verb
en-verb

  1. UK thwart, destroy

#:Quotations
#:"We can't allow US tantrums to scupper global justice" 1
#:This bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected.

Translations
trans-top|thwart, destroy
Finnish: t-|fi|romuttaa, t-|fi|pilata
trans-mid
Russian: г�би�� impf, пог�би�� pf
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