n.
- a small bowl-shaped container for drinking from, typically with a handle.
▸chiefly N. Amer. a measure of capacity used in cookery, equal to half a US pint (0.237 litre).
▸(in church use) a chalice used at the Eucharist.
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(cups)
one of the suits in a tarot pack.
- a cup-shaped trophy, usually made of gold or silver and having a stem and two handles, awarded as a prize in a sports contest.
▸a contest in which the winners are awarded a cup.
- either of the two parts of a bra shaped to contain or support one breast.
- Golf the hole on a putting green or the metal container in it.
- a long mixed drink made from wine or cider and fruit juice.
v.
(cups, cupping, cupped)
- form (one's hand or hands) into the curved shape of a cup.
▸place one's curved hand or hands around.
- Medicine, historical bleed (someone) by using a glass in which a partial vacuum is formed by heating.
Phrase
- in one's cups
informal drunk. - not one's cup of tea
informal not what one likes or is interested in.
Derivative
Etymology
OE: from pop. L. cuppa, prob. from L. cupa ‘tub’.