Explore Scupper through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like drain or peril. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Scupper meaning
- 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.
Synonyms of Scupper
Using Scupper
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: drain, peril, endanger, expose.
- In the example corpus, scupper often appears in combinations such as: to scupper, scupper the, scupper his.
Context around Scupper
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 9 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scupper
- In this selection, "scupper" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, theory, major, things and qatar stand out and add context to how "scupper" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include can really scupper a good and clubs could scupper any potential. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scupper" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scupper
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A more serious problem could scupper a potential transfer. (9 words)
Remember when people thought that might scupper his series? (9 words)
If the hour closes below 1.2238, however, this will scupper any growth prospects. (14 words)
Anyway, Pete Hegseth, the Iraq and Afghanistan veteran who has worked as a Guantánamo Bay guard and New Year’s Eve countdown host for Fox News and is poised to be defence secretary if a previous sex assault allegation doesn’t scupper it, is a big fan. (47 words)
He also famously allied with the Tory right-winger Enoch Powell to scupper the government's plan to abolish the voting rights of hereditary peers and create a House of Lords comprising only life peers – a "seraglio of eunuchs" as Foot put it. (43 words)
There is even some anxiety that because the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has a close personal relationship with Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, this channel might be used to try to scupper the Khalilzad reconciliation plan. (40 words)
Will the ruling party, the ANC, again use it’s majority in parliament to scupper the findings of the inquiry? (20 words)
Remember when people thought that might scupper his series? (9 words)
Example sentences (19)
The Tonga international has been given permission to travel out later for the 18 February clash but is hoping an overdue arrival will not scupper his chances of featuring in the first title clash since 2020.
When a console gets too hot, it is prone to shutdowns - which can really scupper a good gaming session.
Will the ruling party, the ANC, again use it’s majority in parliament to scupper the findings of the inquiry?
Anyway, Pete Hegseth, the Iraq and Afghanistan veteran who has worked as a Guantánamo Bay guard and New Year’s Eve countdown host for Fox News and is poised to be defence secretary if a previous sex assault allegation doesn’t scupper it, is a big fan.
At the Sakhir Grand Prix in 2020, when given a chance because Hamilton had Covid, he was on for a win on his Mercedes debut only for a puncture and a team pit stop error to scupper his chances.
Shadow Housing Ministers David Simmonds and Paul Holmes tried to scupper major building projects in their own constituencies.
Elgin City manager Gavin Price fears the coronavirus could scupper his attempts to keep his play-off challenging side together for next season.
A more serious problem could scupper a potential transfer.
Remember when people thought that might scupper his series?
The government has reportedly scrapped plans to end on 31 October after being told by lawyers that imposing the rule change on EU nationals could scupper no-deal planning and leave ministers at risk of legal action.
There is even some anxiety that because the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has a close personal relationship with Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, this channel might be used to try to scupper the Khalilzad reconciliation plan.
This time around, there has been no such attempt by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to scupper the legislation.
After that, it will then have to be approved in each of the national parliaments meaning French, Irish or Dutch MPs could, in theory, scupper the process.
But the report goes on to claim that soured relations between the two Premier League clubs could scupper any potential deal.
If the hour closes below 1.2238, however, this will scupper any growth prospects.
Mrs Atiku spoke in an interview with journalists and while she didn’t mention any specific names, she alleged that aides were uncomfortable with how well Obasanjo and his Vice were getting along and decided to scupper things.
The newspaper reported on Friday that Riyadh had written to French President Emmanuel Macron asking him to scupper Qatar's deal with Russia to buy an S-400 air defence missile system, for the sake of regional stability.
He also famously allied with the Tory right-winger Enoch Powell to scupper the government's plan to abolish the voting rights of hereditary peers and create a House of Lords comprising only life peers – a "seraglio of eunuchs" as Foot put it.
Water that enters the cockpit drains out through scupper holes—tubes that run from the cockpit to the bottom of the hull.
Common combinations with scupper
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to scupper 8×
- scupper the 5×
- scupper his 4×
- could scupper 4×
- scupper any 2×