Cup
//kʌp//
Word Type
Noun
Verb
Proper Noun
The word "cup" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.
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A cup A-cup Cup Final Cuppers Dixie cup Faraday cup Grey Cup Little-Master cup Magdalen cup Neptune's cup PB cup Pimm's cup Pythagoras cup Pythagorean cup Tantalus cup acorn cup audiocup band cup breakfastcup builder's cup builders' cup buttercup cage cup canteen cup caudle cup chirping cup chop cup claretcup coffee cup coffee-cup common brown cup creamcups cup bearer cup check cup cheese cup custard cup discharger cup fungus cup gall cup holder cup lichen cup moss cup moth cup noodles cup o' joe cup of coffee cup of joe cup of tea cup orchid cup plant cup shake cup size cup stacking cup that cheers cup tie cup towel cup-and-ball cup-and-saucer plant cup-bearer cup-rose cup-shaped cup-shot cup-shotten cup-tied cup-tosser cupbearer cupbearing cupboard cupcake cupel cupflower cuphead cupholder cupless cuplet cuplike cupmaker cupmaking cupman cupmate cuppa cupper cuppy cupseed cupset cupsona cupster cupstone cupsworth cupule cupward cupware cupwing cupwise death cup demicup diva cup drink from the furry cup drinking-cup earcup egg cup eggcup elf-cup eye-cup eyecup flip cup fringecup fruit cup fuddling cup go cup go down like a cup of cold sick go down like a cup of sick goldcup golden cup golden-cup oak grace-cup hunter's cup huntsman's cup keep cup kingcup leafcup league cup let this cup pass from me loving cup macrocup measuring cup menstrual cup mess cup mini cup mini-cup minicup monkey cup monkey-cup mooncup mossycup moustache cup muffin cup mustache cup oilcup optic cup paper cup parabolic cup parting-cup peanut butter cup peanut-butter cup pimp cup pixie cup pup cup queen cup queen's cup recup shaving-cup shooter cup shot cup siphon cup sippy cup skullcup sneak-cup someone's cup of tea spit-cup splash cup standing cup stirrup cup suncup super cup supercup tailcup tea cup tea-cup teacup that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee that and twenty-five cents will get you a cup of coffee there's many a slip between the cup and the lip there's many a slip twixt cup and lip there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip tip cup uncup whitecup wine cup wine-cup winecup world cup you can't pour from an empty cup
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alcoholic apparatus arcana beverages box bra brassiere breast bust cabinet cap concave contest covering cup size cupful cupping cupping glass customary unit defense drink drink vessel drinking drinking vessel fluid ounce gallon genitalia girls glass handle holding holding beverages holding liquid hook inch inside knockout league liquid liquid inside membrane ml ounce pint plates player small small glass suction suit tarot thrower trophy two two girls ultimate frisbee unit vacuum vessel wine
Used For
do with hands drink juice drink out of drink soup drinking drinking coffee drinking liquid out of drinking or measuring things drinking out of eating soup out of half of bra handling liquid hold hold coffee hold food or drinks hold powders hold water holding coffee holding substance or object measuring measuring ingredients measuring liquids one handed control of liquid pouring liquid out of presenting as prize protect junk protecting sensitive body part serving liquids trophy
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.