Scup
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scup is a noun meaning A common sparoid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of temperate regions of the Atlantic coast of North America; the porgy.
Meaning
A common sparoid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of temperate regions of the Atlantic coast of North America; the porgy.
More Meanings
- (US, dialect) A swing.
Example Sentences
On a lark, he took a small scup, or porgy, and a stamp pad and demonstrated how to make a print.
Scup, in the Bay also called porgy, maiden, and fairmaid, are rather plain-looking fish — dull silver with 12 to 15 indistinct vertical stripes, flecked with light blue on their sides.
When I was 12 years old, my father got me a boat and I went fishing off of Cape Cod. I hooked a scup and as I was reeling it in, I hooked a 4.5 foot baby thresher shark who proceeded to eat my boat.
1995, “sheepshead”, entry in Percy Russell, Anita Williams, The Nutrition and Health Dictionary, page 391, A saltwater fish, a cousin of porgies and scups. The sheepshead has large, broad incisor teeth, much like a sheep.
Word Forms
- scups
Synonyms for scup
Depending on context, synonyms include porgy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include porgy, porgie, schnapper, poggy, scuppaug, paugie.
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