"scup" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scup [plural], scups [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌp Etymology: Shortened form of Narragansett mishcùp (“porgy”) or its plural mishcùppaûog. The singular was also borrowed as mishcup, while another shortening of the plural yields the synonym paugie. The word was also borrowed as scuppaug. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|xnt|mishcup|mishcùp|porgy}} Narragansett mishcùp (“porgy”), {{m|xnt||mishcùppaûog}} mishcùppaûog, {{m|en|mishcup}} mishcup, {{m|en|paugie}} paugie, {{m|en|scuppaug}} scuppaug Head templates: {{en-noun|scup|s}} scup (plural scup or scups)
  1. A common sparoid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of temperate regions of the Atlantic coast of North America; the porgy. Categories (lifeform): Sparids Translations (fish in Stenotomus chrysops): amerikanhammasahven (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-scup-en-noun-iGkuAafK Disambiguation of Sparids: 95 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 94 6 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 83 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: scups [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌp Etymology: From Dutch schop. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|nl|schop}} Dutch schop Head templates: {{en-noun}} scup (plural scups)
  1. (US, dialect) A swing. Tags: US, dialectal
    Sense id: en-scup-en-noun-Pe38QsSR Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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