[tee-kuhp] 
| 1. | a cup in which tea is served, usually of small or moderate size. |
| 2. | a teacupful. |
| 3. | tempest in a teacup or teapot, a disturbance or uproar about little or nothing: The fight over who should become the next assistant treasurer of the organization is just a tempest in a teacup. |
| tem·pest (těm'pĭst) n.
To cause a tempest around or in. [Middle English, from Old French tempeste, from Vulgar Latin *tempesta, variant of Latin tempestās, from tempus, time.] |
