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Cup

//kʌp// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Cambridge University Press. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    A particular trophy that is a cup; sometimes with the definite article "the". informal
  3. 3
    Initialism of Committee of Union and Progress. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.

    "Pour the tea into the cup."

  2. 2
    A win of a championship that is awarded a cup. informal
  3. 3
    a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle wordnet
  4. 4
    The contents of said vessel.

    "I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty."

  5. 5
    A win of an event comprising part of the championship, which is awarded a cup informal
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  1. 6
    a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition wordnet
  2. 7
    A customary unit of measure; A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (¹⁄₁₆ of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL. US
  3. 8
    the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green wordnet
  4. 9
    A customary unit of measure; A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (¹⁄₂₀ imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL. Canada
  5. 10
    a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl wordnet
  6. 11
    A customary unit of measure; A British unit of measure equal to ¹⁄₂ imperial pint (10 imperial ounces; 284 mL) or 300 mL. UK, dated
  7. 12
    cup-shaped plant organ wordnet
  8. 13
    A customary unit of measure; A metric unit of measure equal to 250 mL. Australia, New-Zealand
  9. 14
    a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces wordnet
  10. 15
    A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.

    "The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament."

  11. 16
    the quantity a cup will hold wordnet
  12. 17
    A contest for which a cup is awarded.

    "The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event."

  13. 18
    any cup-shaped concavity wordnet
  14. 19
    The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.

    "Until it was disbanded in 1999, the European Cup-Winners Cup was contested annually by the winners of Europe's national cups."

  15. 20
    A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.

    "The ball just misses the cup."

  16. 21
    A container in which dice are held and shaken before being thrown.
  17. 22
    Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks. in-compounds

    "cider cup"

  18. 23
    A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia. Canada, US

    "Players of contact sports are advised to wear a cup."

  19. 24
    One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.

    "The cups are made of a particularly uncomfortable material."

  20. 25
    One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.; Prefixed with a letter, used as a measurement of bra or breast size.

    ""For cleavage to show up in these photos, a girl has to have C-cup breasts — at least that's what they told me once.""

  21. 26
    The symbol ∪ denoting union and similar operations.
  22. 27
    A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
  23. 28
    A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
  24. 29
    A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction.
  25. 30
    Anything shaped like a cup.

    "the cup of an acorn"

  26. 31
    A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping. historical
  27. 32
    That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion of blessings and afflictions. figuratively

    "O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me."

Verb
  1. 1
    To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands. transitive

    "Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them."

  2. 2
    treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin wordnet
  3. 3
    To hold something in cupped hands. transitive

    "He cupped the ball carefully in his hands."

  4. 4
    put into a cup wordnet
  5. 5
    To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup. transitive

    "We are cupping some new brands of coffee today."

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  1. 6
    form into the shape of a cup wordnet
  2. 7
    To supply with cups of wine. obsolete, transitive

    "Cup us, till the world go round."

  3. 8
    To apply a cup or cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. archaic, transitive
  4. 9
    To make concave or in the form of a cup. transitive

    "to cup the end of a screw"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English cuppe, coppe, from the merger of Old English cuppe (“cup”) and Old English copp (“cup, vessel”). Old English cuppe is a borrowing from Late Latin cuppa, itself of obscure origin, but probably from earlier Latin cūpa (“tub, cask”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“a hollow”). Old English copp, however, is from Proto-West Germanic *kopp (“round object, bowl, vessel, knoll, summit, crown of the head”), from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch”) (whence also obsolete English cop (“top, summit, crown of the head”), German Kopf (“top, head”)). The Middle English word was further reinforced by Anglo-Norman cupe and Old French cope, coupe, from Latin cuppa. Compare also Saterland Frisian Kop (“cup”), West Frisian kop (“cup”), Dutch kop (“cup”), German Low German Koppke, Köppke (“cup”), Danish kop (“cup”), Swedish kopp (“cup”). Doublet of coupe, hive, and keeve.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English cuppe, coppe, from the merger of Old English cuppe (“cup”) and Old English copp (“cup, vessel”). Old English cuppe is a borrowing from Late Latin cuppa, itself of obscure origin, but probably from earlier Latin cūpa (“tub, cask”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“a hollow”). Old English copp, however, is from Proto-West Germanic *kopp (“round object, bowl, vessel, knoll, summit, crown of the head”), from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch”) (whence also obsolete English cop (“top, summit, crown of the head”), German Kopf (“top, head”)). The Middle English word was further reinforced by Anglo-Norman cupe and Old French cope, coupe, from Latin cuppa. Compare also Saterland Frisian Kop (“cup”), West Frisian kop (“cup”), Dutch kop (“cup”), German Low German Koppke, Köppke (“cup”), Danish kop (“cup”), Swedish kopp (“cup”). Doublet of coupe, hive, and keeve.

Etymology 3

Capitalization of cup

Etymology 4

Capitalization of cup

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