Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A porgy (Stenotomus chrysops) of northwestern Atlantic waters, valued as a food fish.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A swing: a term derived from the Dutch settlers.
- To swing; have a swing.
- noun A sparoid fish, the scuppaug or porgy, Stenotomus argyrops, attaining a length of a foot, and a valued foodfish, found from Cape Cod to Florida.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Local, U.S. A swing.
- noun (Zoöl.) A marine sparoid food fish (
Stenotomus chrysops , orS. argyrops ), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called alsoporgee ,paugy ,porgy ,scuppaug .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
fish , Stenotomus chrysops; theporgy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America
- noun flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States
- noun lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States
- noun found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"So he does," agreed Miss Bailey, rightly inferring from Morris's expressive pantomime that to "scup" was to swing.
Little Citizens Myra Kelly 1893
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As all of us who fish for fluke, stripers, scup, sea bass and most recently in Florida, for red snapper know, the system is a mess and needs fixing.
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As all of us who fish for fluke, stripers, scup, sea bass and most recently in Florida, for red snapper know, the system is a mess and needs fixing.
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As all of us who fish for fluke, stripers, scup, sea bass and most recently in Florida, for red snapper know, the system is a mess and needs fixing.
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The dish is also delicious made with mackerel, monkfish, cod, scup, or black sea bass.
One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010
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Well? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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They fished for blues, bass, Spanish mackerel, and bonito; they fished for herring, cod, flounder, and scup; they fished for sharks; when there was ice on the ponds, they cut holes in it and fished; they jigged for squid.
Death on a Vineyard Beach Philip R.Craig 1996
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The street boys of our day and early home were wont to term the _hetairai_ of the public walks "scup."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Various
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"What'll you give me if I'll make you a scup one of these days?" said Mr. Van Brunt.
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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"Well now, come, I'll make a bargain with you; I'll engage to fix up a scup for you, if you'll give me a kiss."
The Wide, Wide World 1892
hernesheir commented on the word scup
It's a fish.
January 2, 2012