scuppers in English

noun
1
a hole in a ship's side to carry water overboard from the deck.
Nylon panels on the sides of the Geckos eject water like scuppers on a tramp steamer - hop out of the river, take five steps, and the bilges are dry.
verb
1
sink (a ship or its crew) deliberately.
Against extraordinary odds Davie and Alan fight their way out of their ship's cabin - and in a moment of desperation Alan recklessly scuppers the ship when he ignites a barrel of gunpowder in the hold.
synonyms:sinkscuttlesubmergesend to the bottom
verb

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1. Some people call them scuppers but in New Mexico, we call them Canales

2. Put him in the scuppers with a hosepipe on him, early in the morning.

3. If the characters do not have backbone, Articulacy and humour, then that pretty much scuppers high comedy

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5. Examples of in a sentence Scuppers all attempts at an agreed solution Meanwhile, the Zimbabwean government persisted in its efforts to solve the land question Amicably. We chatted Amicably around the oak table, laughing at each other's stories.