What does "sup" mean?
A sip; a small amount, of food or drink, water or rain.
Sup
/sʌp/ adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang
adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A sip; a small amount, of food or drink, water or rain.
- Grammar: sup is listed as adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: beverage, bib, bite, board.
- Useful contrasts: farewell, fast, goodbye.
- Usage evidence: "Link!" "'Sup?" "King Harkinian has died." "..." "What did you say, I died?!" "...You died." "You dorkface! I'm here talking to you!" "...No." "What about Ganon?" "He died as well! A-ah!" "You runt! You haven't seen the last of me yet!"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sip; a small amount, of food or drink, water or rain. countable, uncountable
"Is it stoppin' there you'd be till every sup of the say's dhrained out on us to beyant the King Pharaoh's Islands?"
- 2 Superintendent. informal
"They had put in the stretch-out and they were laying people off and there was talk of a union. "Let's have a union." "Mr. Shaw won't stand for it. The sup won't stand for it.""
- 3 Supremum, upper limit.
"Values for the sup W statistic in excess of the 5 percent critical value (2.75 for booms and 2.77 for slumps) indicate rejection of the null hypothesis of no change in the dureation of booms and slumps in real commodity prices."
- 4 Supplement. colloquial
- 5 A supervision.
Show 6 more definitions
- 6 Acronym of standup paddleboarding. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 7 a small amount of liquid food wordnet
- 8 Acronym of standup paddleboard. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 9 Acronym of selective ultraviolet phototherapy. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 10 Acronym of single-use plastic(s). abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 11 Acronym of shared use path. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon.
"There I'll sup / Balm and nectar in my cup."
- 2 To eat supper.
"...I propose we should have up the cold pie, and let him sup."
- 3 take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of an up quark. not-comparable
Intj
- 1 what's up (either as a greeting or actual question) slang
"— Sup? — Not much."
Proper Noun
- 1 Acronym of Sailors' Union of the Pacific. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 2 Acronym of Socialist Unity Party. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 3 Acronym of Scottish Unionist Party. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 4 Acronym of Stanford University Press. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 5 Acronym of Software Upgrade Protocol. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Example
""Link!" "'Sup?" "King Harkinian has died." "..." "What did you say, I died?!" "...You died." "You dorkface! I'm here talking to you!" "...No." "What about Ganon?" "He died as well! A-ah!" "You runt! You haven't seen the last of me yet!""
Common questions
What is a synonym for "sup"?
Common synonyms include: beverage, bib, bite, board, booze, break bread with.
How do you use "sup" in a sentence?
"Link!" "'Sup?" "King Harkinian has died." "..." "What did you say, I died?!" "...You died." "You dorkface! I'm here talking to you!" "...No." "What about Ganon?" "He died as well! A-ah!" "You runt! You haven't seen the last of me yet!"
How do you pronounce "sup"?
Pronounced /sʌp/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
The verb is from Middle English soupen, from Old English sūpan (“to sip, drink, taste”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną (compare Dutch zuipen (“to drink, tipple, booze”), German saufen (“to drink, booze”), Swedish supa (“to drink, swallow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sub-, compare Sanskrit सूप (sū́pa, “soup, broth”), from *sewe (“to take liquid”). More at suck. The noun is from the verb. There is no evidence of continuity with Old English supa. Compare Middle English soupe, from Old English sūpe, which has the same meaning as Middle English sope (“a mouthful or small amount of drink”), from Old English sopa, whence sop.
Etymology 2
From Middle English soupen, suppen, Anglo-Norman super, from supe, soupe. More at soup.
Etymology 3
Procopic form of what's up (“how are you doing?”)
Etymology 4
From s- + up.
Etymology 5
First syllable of superintendent.
Etymology 6
First syllable of superior.
Etymology 7
Clipping of supplement.
Etymology 8
First syllable of supervision.