Cup - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kʌp|  American pronunciation of the word cup
Brit.  |kʌp|  British pronunciation of the word cup

noun

- a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
he put the cup back in the saucer
the handle of the cup was missing
- the quantity a cup will hold (syn: cupful)
he drank a cup of coffee
he borrowed a cup of sugar
- any cup-shaped concavity
bees filled the waxen cups with honey
he wore a jock strap with a metal cup
the cup of her bra
- a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
- cup-shaped plant organ
- a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
- the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green
he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away
put the flag back in the cup
- a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition
the school kept the cups is a special glass case

verb

- form into the shape of a cup
She cupped her hands
- put into a cup
cup the milk
- treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin (syn: transfuse)

Extra examples

Would you like another cup of tea?

The winner will take home the cup.

He cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted at us.

I had to cup my hand to my ear in order to hear him.

He cupped his mouth with his hands and shouted at us.

I sat with my chin cupped in my hand.

Think you're winning a cup, Sir.

Jazz just isn't my cup of tea - I prefer classical music.

The dispatcher cupped his hand to my ear and shouted.

Mathew picked up the cup and sipped his coffee.

She put her cup and saucer down on the table.

Helen took the coffee cups into the kitchen.

They drank cheap wine from plastic cups.

Let's go and have a cup of coffee.

Will you stay for a cup of tea?

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: cup
he/she/it: cups
present participle: cupping
past tense: cupped
past participle: cupped
noun
singular: cup
plural: cups
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