scupper
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Is scupper a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (nautical) A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.
2. (architecture) A similar opening in a wall or parapet that allows water to drain from a roof.Examples: "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[.]"
verb (English)
1. (transitive, UK) To thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another.Examples: "The bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected."; "["]The only chance was to get the guns and try a rescue. Of course they may scupper them at once in revenge.["]"; "This is the face of American exceptionalism[…] threatening to scupper both the court and, failing that, UN peace-keeping operations in Bosnia and anywhere else the US might have forces deployed on such work."UKtransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary