cup

[[t]kʌp[/t]]

n. v. cupped, cup•ping

1) a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usu. with a handle, used chiefly as a drinking vessel for hot beverages

2) cer the bowllike part of a goblet or the like

3) a cup with its contents

4) the quantity contained in a cup

5) coo a unit of capacity equal to 8 fluid ounces (237 milliliters) or 16 tablespoons; half pint

6) an ornamental bowl, vase, etc., esp. of precious metal, offered as a prize for a contest

7) coo any of various mixed drinks, as wine with fruit and other ingredients

8) rel the chalice or wine used in the Eucharist

9) something to be partaken of or endured; one's portion, as of joy or suffering

10) cups, the drinking of intoxicating liquors

11) any cuplike utensil, organ, part, cavity, etc

12) clo either of the two forms that cover the breasts in a brassiere

13) clo an athletic supporter protectively reinforced with rigid plastic or metal

14) spo

a) the metal receptacle within a golf hole

b) the hole itself

15) to take, place, or hold in or as if in a cup

16) to form into a cuplike shape:

to cup one's hands[/ex]

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- in one's cups one's cup of tea

Etymology: bef. 1000; ME, OE cuppe < L cuppa, var. of cūpa tub, cask