scup
Noun

scup (plural scup)

  1. A common sparoid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of temperate regions of the Atlantic coast of North America; the porgy.
    • 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.
    • 2006, Alice Jane Lippson, Robert L. Lippson, Life in the Chesapeake Bay, page 276 ↗,
      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.
Noun

scup (plural scups)

  1. (US, dialect) A swing.



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