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noun
1.
a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
2.
the bowllike part of a goblet or the like.
3.
a cup with its contents.
4.
the quantity contained in a cup.
5.
EXPANDa unit of capacity, equal to 8 fluid ounces (237 milliliters) or 16 tablespoons; half-pint.
6.
an ornamental bowl, vase, etc., especially of precious metal, offered as a prize for a contest.
7.
any of various beverages, as a mixture of wine and various ingredients: claret cup.
8.
the chalice used in the Eucharist.
9.
the wine of the Eucharist.
10.
something to be partaken of or endured; one's portion, as of joy or suffering.
11.
cups, the drinking of intoxicating liquors.
12.
any cuplike utensil, organ, part, cavity, etc.
13.
either of the two forms that cover and usually support the breasts in a brassiere or other garment, as a bathing suit.
14.
an athletic supporter reinforced with rigid plastic or metal for added protection.
15.
Golf.
a.
the metal receptacle within the hole.
b.
the hole itself.
16.
(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Crater.
18.
Metalworking. a cylindrical shell closed at one end, especially one produced in the first stages of a deep-drawing operation.
19.
COLLAPSEMathematics. the cuplike symbol ∪, used to indicate the union of two sets. Compare union (def. 10a).
verb (used with object)
20.
to take or place in, or as in, a cup: He cupped his ear with the palm of his hand.
21.
to form into a cuplike shape: He cupped his hands.
22.
to use a cupping glass on.
23.
Metalworking. to form (tubing, containers, etc.) by punching hot strip or sheet metal and drawing it through a die. Compare deep-draw.
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24.
in one's cups, intoxicated; drunk.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English, Old English cuppe < Latin cuppa, variant of cūpa tub, cask
before 1000; Middle English, Old English cuppe < Latin cuppa, variant of cūpa tub, cask
Related forms
cup·like, adjective
un·der·cup, noun
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Word Origin & History
cup
O.E. cuppe, from L.L. cuppa, from L. cupa "tub," from PIE *keup- "a hollow." The Ger. cognate Kopf now means exclusively "head" (cf. Fr. tête, from L. testa "potsherd"). Meaning "part of a bra that holds a breast" is from 1938. [One's] cup of tea "what interests one" (1932), earlier used of persons
EXPAND(1908), the sense being "what is invigorating."
COLLAPSE
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Medical Dictionary
cup (kŭp)
n.
A cup-shaped structure or organ.
See cupping glass.
A unit of capacity or volume equal to 16 tablespoons or 8 fluid ounces.
To subject a person or body part to the therapeutic procedure of cupping.
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