a promiscuous woman. From an earlier sense as 'a prostitute', in turn deriving from 'a hole in a ship's side' UK, 1970
2.verb
to put an end to something; to thwart someone; to destroy something UK, 1918
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scupper up
To ruin, thwart, or bungle something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "scupper" and "up." The scandal with the CEO is threatening to scupper up the business merger.I really had a good thing going with John, but I scuppered things up when I drunkenly kissed Mike on a night out.
scupper up
in. to drink liquor, especially beer. Tom goes home to scupper up every evening.