How to pronounce“scupper”in English
nounsome of us may not be able to stomach it right uh personally I one sign another extend and pretend um I'm allergic to extending and pretending but I will not
Scupper it right I will not Scupper it I will do what and I'm sure the Prime Minister will do and everybody in the government will do um what we must do
for the in order to respect the yes verdict of the Greek people but there won't be a yes verdict I quite confident that the Greek people have had enough of
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Definitions of “scupper”
A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.
A similar opening in a wall or parapet that allows water to drain from a roof.
“I have said that our roof was decidedly Biblical in style; but to make it a dry one, something of a nautical character was added to its architecture, for on either side were scuppers, and it was slightly arched in the centre[.]”
To thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another.
“The bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected.”
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