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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
  • A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck.
  • (Construction) a hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.

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Verb:

  • by extension, in figurative use Intentionally undermine or thwart oneself, or denigrate or destroy one?s position or property; cf. scupper|lang=en.
  • intransitive To move hastily, to scurry
  • transitive To deliberately sink a ship or boat by order of the commander, rather than by enemy action.

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