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scuppering

scuppering is the present participle and gerund of scupper.

Meaning of scupper

Verb

scupper (third-person singular simple present scuppers, present participle scuppering, simple past and past participle scuppered)

  1. (UK, transitive) To thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another.
    • The bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected.

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Questions about scuppering

What is scuppering the present participle and gerund of?
Scuppering is the present participle and gerund of scupper.

Words near scuppering in the dictionary

  1. scupper nail
  2. scupper nails
  3. scupper plug
  4. scupper plugs
  5. scuppered
  6. scuppering
  7. scuppernong
  8. scuppernongs
  9. scuppers
  10. scuppet
  11. scuppets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scuppering (page history and authors); scupper (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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