scupper

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈskʌpə/
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• US: /ˈskʌpɚ/
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• Northern-England: /ˈskʊpə/
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• Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ʌpə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: S K AH1 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English scope (“scoop”) or Dutch schop (“shovel”) + -er; or from Dutch scheppen (“to draw off”).

Of unknown origin; possibly verbized form of Etymology 1, but this is unlikely.

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: шпигат (špigat) — nautical: drainage hole
• Catalan: embornal — nautical: drainage hole
• Catalan: dull — nautical: drainage hole
• Chinese Mandarin: 排水口 — nautical: drainage hole
• Czech: palubní odtok — nautical: drainage hole
• Danish: lænseport — nautical: drainage hole
• Danish: spygat — nautical: drainage hole
• Dutch: spuigat — nautical: drainage hole
• Finnish: valumisaukko — nautical: drainage hole
• Finnish: spyygatti — nautical: drainage hole
• Finnish: nieluaukko — nautical: drainage hole
• Finnish: valumisreikä — nautical: drainage hole
• French: dalot — nautical: drainage hole
• German: Speigat — nautical: drainage hole
• German: Speigatt — nautical: drainage hole
• Greek: μπούνια (boúnia) — nautical: drainage hole
• Hebrew: אָבִיק (avík) — nautical: drainage hole
• Icelandic: spýjurenna — nautical: drainage hole
• Icelandic: lensport — nautical: drainage hole
• Italian: ombrinale — nautical: drainage hole
• Norman: dalot — nautical: drainage hole
• Norwegian Bokmål: spygatt — nautical: drainage hole
• Polish: luka odpływowa — nautical: drainage hole
• Russian: шпига́т (špigát) — nautical: drainage hole
• Serbo-Croatian: lakomica — nautical: drainage hole
• Spanish: imbornal — nautical: drainage hole
• Swedish: spygatt — nautical: drainage hole
• Finnish: valumisaukko — architecture: drainage hole in a wall or parapet
• Polish: luka odpływowa — architecture: drainage hole in a wall or parapet
• Portuguese: buzinote — architecture: drainage hole in a wall or parapet
• Russian: дренажное отве́рстие (otvérstije) — architecture: drainage hole in a wall or parapet
• Serbo-Croatian: drenažni otvor — architecture: drainage hole in a wall or parapet
• Czech: zhatit — thwart, destroy
• Czech: zmařit — thwart, destroy
• Czech: pohřbít — thwart, destroy
• Dutch: dwarsbomen — thwart, destroy
• Dutch: vernietigen — thwart, destroy
• Finnish: romuttaa — thwart, destroy
• Finnish: pilata — thwart, destroy
• Finnish: tehdä tyhjäksi — thwart, destroy
• French: saboter — thwart, destroy
• German: zerstören — thwart, destroy
• German: ruinieren — thwart, destroy
• Italian: avversare — thwart, destroy
• Italian: bruciare — thwart, destroy
• Polish: niweczyć — thwart, destroy
• Polish: zniweczyć — thwart, destroy
• Polish: rujnować — thwart, destroy
• Polish: zrujnować — thwart, destroy
• Russian: губи́ть (gubítʹ) — thwart, destroy
• Russian: погубить (pogubitʹ) — thwart, destroy
• Serbo-Croatian: potopiti — thwart, destroy
• Serbo-Croatian: torpedirati — thwart, destroy
• Swedish: torpedera — thwart, destroy
• Swedish: stjälpa — thwart, destroy
• Swedish: kullkasta — thwart, destroy
• Swedish: sänka — thwart, destroy
• Swedish: stäcka — thwart, destroy
• Swedish: omintetgöra — thwart, destroy
• Ottoman Turkish: بالطهلامق (baltalamak) — thwart, destroy