What is "scup"

Scup \Scup\, n. [Contr. fr. American Indian mishc[`u]p, fr. mishe-kuppi large, thick-scaled.] (Zo["o]l.) A marine sparoid food fish ( Stenotomus chrysops, or S. 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 also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug.

Note: The same names are also applied to a closely allied Southern species ( Stenotomus Gardeni).

Scup \Scup\, n. [D. schop.] A swing. [Local, U.S.]

Etymology 1 n. A fish, (taxlink Stenotomus chrysops species noshow=1); the porgy. Etymology 2

n. (context US dialect English) A swing.

1. n. flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States

2. lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States [syn: porgy]

3. porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America [syn: southern porgy, southern scup, Stenotomus aculeatus]

4. found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish [syn: northern porgy, northern scup, Stenotomus chrysops]

Scúp (English: Scoop) is a Northern Irish drama television series which was broadcast on TG4 (season 1) and BBC Northern Ireland (season 2). The show focuses on the staff at a small Belfast newspaper An Nuacht. The series was nominated to the Special Irish Language Award at the 11th Irish Film & Television Awards in 2014.