Английский Этимологический словарь - scupper
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~1 v BrE 1 usually passive informal to ruin someone's plans or chances of success (The recent terrorist attacks have scuppered any chance of a peace settlement.) 2 to deliberately sink your own ship ~2 n technical a hole in the side of a ship that allows water to flow back into the sea ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(scuppers, scuppering, scuppered) To scupper a plan or attempt means to spoil it completely. (mainly BRIT JOURNALISM) If Schneider had seen him that would have scuppered all his plans... VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English skopper- (in compounds), perhaps from Anglo-French *escopoir, from escopir to spit out Date: 15th century 1. an opening cut through the bulwarks of a ship so that water falling on deck may flow overboard 2. an opening in the wall of a building through which water can drain from a floor or flat roof II. transitive verb Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1899 British to defeat or put an end to ; do in 1a ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. a hole in a ship's side to carry off water from the deck. Etymology: ME (perh. f. AF) f. OF escopir f. Rmc skuppire (unrecorded) to spit: orig. imit. 2. v.tr. Brit. sl. 1 sink (a ship or its crew). 2 defeat or ruin (a plan etc.). 3 kill. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) водовыпускное отверстие в парапете 2) мор. штормовой порт(ик); шпигат - deck scupper - storm scupper ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. мор. шпигат 2. желоб для стока воды 3. потопить судно 4. напасть врасплох и перебить 5. погубить, уничтожить; убить ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun naut. шпигат 2. v.; sl. 1) напасть врасплох и перебить 2) вывести из строя 3) потопить (судно и команду) ...Англо-русский словарь
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