scup

Etymology 1

Shortened form of Narragansett mishcùp (“porgy”) or its plural mishcùppaûog. The singular was also borrowed as mishcup, while another shortening of the plural yields the synonym paugie. The word was also borrowed as scuppaug.

noun

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.
   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. 2006, Alice Jane Lippson, Robert L. Lippson, Life in the Chesapeake Bay, page 276
   On a lark, he took a small scup, or porgy, and a stamp pad and demonstrated how to make a print. August 8, 2007, Brett Martin, “First a Hook, Then Ink: An Artist’s Catch”, in New York Times

Etymology 2

From Dutch schop.

noun

1. (US, dialect) A swing.