Definitions for cup
kʌpcup

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cupnoun

   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"

2. cup, cupfulnoun

   the quantity a cup will hold

   "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar"

3. cupnoun

   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"

4. cupnoun

   a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces

5. cupnoun

   cup-shaped plant organ

6. cupnoun

   a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl

7. cupnoun

   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"

8. cup, loving cupverb

   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"

9. cupverb

   form into the shape of a cup

   "She cupped her hands"

10. cupverb

    put into a cup

    "cup the milk"

11. cup, transfuseverb

    treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. cupnoun

   A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass).

   Pour the tea into the cup.

2. cupnoun

   A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces, 1/16 of a US gallon, or 236.5882365 ml.

3. cupnoun

   A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.

   The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament.

4. cupnoun

   A contest for which a cup is awarded.

   The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event.

5. cupnoun

   A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.

   The ball just misses the cup.

6. cupnoun

   A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia. (for UK usage see box)

   Players of contact sports are advised to wear a cup.

7. cupnoun

   One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast, used as a measurement of size.

   The cups are made of a particularly uncomfortable material.

8. cupnoun

   The symbol denoting union and similar operations (confer cap.)

9. cupnoun

   A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.

10. cupverb

    To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands

    Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.

11. cupverb

    To hold something in cupped hands

    He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.

12. cupnoun

    (ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.

13. cupnoun

    A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction (suction cup.)

14. Etymology: From cuppe, from cuppa, probably a form of cupa, from keup-. Reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman cupe, from the same Latin source.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CUPnoun

   Etymology: cup, Sax. kop, Dut. coupe, French.

   1. A small vessel to drink in.

   Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. Genesis, xi. 13.

   Ye heav’nly pow’rs, that guard
   The British isles, such dire events remove
   Far from fair Albion; nor let civil broils
   Ferment from social cups. Philips.

   2. The liquor contained in the cup; the draught.

   Which when the vile enchanteress perceiv’d,
   How that my lord from her I would reprieve,
   With cup thus charm’d, imparting she deceiv’d. Fairy Queen.

   All friends shall taste
   The wages of their virtue, and all foes
   The cups of their deservings. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Wil’t please your lordship, drink a cup of sack. William Shakespeare.

   They that never had the use
   Of the grape’s surprising juice,
   To the first delicious cup
   All their reason render up. Edmund Waller.

   The best, the dearest fav’rite of the sky,
   Must taste that cup; for man is born to die. Alexander Pope, Odyss.

   3. Social entertainment; merry bout, [in the plural.]

   Then shall our names,
   Familiar in their mouth as houshold words,
   Be in their flowing cups freshly remember’d. William Shakespeare, H. V.

   Let us suppose that I were reasoning, as one friend with another, by the fireside, or in our cups, without care, without any great affection to either party. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

   It was near a miracle to see an old man silent, since talking is the disease of age; but amongst cups, makes fully a wonder. Ben Jonson, Discoveries.

   Marrying, or prostituting, as befel
   Rape or adultery, where passing fair
   Allur’d them: thence from cups, to civil broils! John Milton.

   Amidst his cups with fainting shiv’ring seiz’d,
   His limbs disjointed, and all o’er diseas’d,
   His hand refuses to sustain the bowl. John Dryden, Persius.

   4. Any thing hollow like a cup; as, the husk of an acorn, the bell of a flower.

   A pyrites of the same colour and shape, placed in the cavity of another of an hemispherick figure, in much the same manner as an acorn in its cup. John Woodward, on Fossils.

   5. Cup and Can. Familiar companions. The can is the large vessel, out of which the cup is filled, and to which it is a constant associate.

   You boasting tell us where you din’d,
   And how his lordship was so kind;
   Swear he’s a most facetious man;
   That you and he are cup and can:
   You travel with a heavy load,
   And quite mistake perferment’s road. Jonathan Swift.

2. To Cupverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To supply with cups: this sense is obsolete.

   Plumpy Bacchus, with pink eyne,
   In thy vats our cares be drown’d:
   With thy grapes our hairs be crown’d!
   Cup us, ’till the world go round. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

   2. To fix a glass-bell or cucurbite upon the skin, to draw the blood in scarification.

   The clotted blood lies heavy on his heart,
   Corrupts, and there remains in spite of art:
   Nor breathing veins, nor cupping will prevail;
   All outward remedies and inward fail. John Dryden, Fables.

   You have quartered all the foul language upon me, that could be raked out of the air of Billingsgate, without knowing who I am; or whether I deserve to be cupped and scarified at this rate. Spectator, №. 595.

   Blistering, cupping, and bleeding are seldom of use but to the idle and intemperate. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 195.

   Him the damn’d doctors and his friends immur’d;
   They bled, they cupp’d, they purg’d; in short they cur’d. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cup

   A cup is a small, round or cylindrical, typically handle-equipped container used primarily for drinking liquids such as coffee, tea, water, or any other beverages. It is usually made of materials including glass, ceramic, plastic or metal. In some contexts, a cup can also refer to a standard unit of measurement in cooking. Additionally, cup could represent a trophy or prize in the shape of a large cup awarded in sports or other competitive events.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cupnoun

   a small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like

2. Cupnoun

   the contents of such a vessel; a cupful

3. Cupnoun

   repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry

4. Cupnoun

   that which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion

5. Cupnoun

   anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower

6. Cupnoun

   a cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping

7. Cupverb

   to supply with cups of wine

8. Cupverb

   to apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping

9. Cupverb

   to make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw

10. Etymology: [AS. cuppe, LL. cuppa cup; cf. L. cupa tub, cask; cf. also Gr. ky`ph hut, Skr. kpa pit, hollow, OSlav. kupa cup. Cf. Coop, Cupola, Cowl a water vessel, and Cob, Coif, Cop.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cup

   The cup is a customary unit of measurement for volume, used in cooking to measure liquids and bulk foods such as granulated sugar. Actual cups used in a household in any country may differ from the cup size used for recipes; standard measuring cups, often calibrated in fluid measure and weights of usual dry ingredients as well as in cups, are available. As a result of the fact that the imperial cup is actually out of use and the other definitions differ hardly, the U.S. measuring cups and metric measuring cups may be used as equal in practice. No matter what size cup is used, the ingredients of a recipe measured with the same size cup will have their volumes in the same proportion to one another. The relative amounts to ingredients measured differently may be affected by the definitions used.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cup

   kup, n. a vessel used to contain liquid: a drinking-vessel: the liquid contained in a cup: that which we must receive or undergo: afflictions: blessings.—v.i. to extract blood from the body by means of cupping-glasses: (Shak.) to make drunk:—pr.p. cup′ping; pa.p. cupped.—ns. Cup′-bear′er, one who attends at a feast to fill out and hand the wine; Cupboard (kub′urd), a place for keeping victuals, dishes, &c.—v.t. to store.—ns. Cup′board-love, -faith, love or faith indulged in for a material end; Cup′ful, as much as fills a cup:—pl. Cup′fuls; Cup′-gall, a cup-shaped gall in oak-leaves; Cup′-lī′chen, or -moss, a species of Cladonia; Cup′man, a boon companion; Cup′per, a cup-bearer: one professionally engaged in cupping; Cup′ping, the application of cups from which the air has been exhausted to a scarified part of the skin for the purpose of drawing blood; Cup′ping-glass, a glass used in the operation of cupping; Dry′-cup′ping, the application of cups without previous scarification; Lov′ing-cup, a cup (from which all drink) passed round at the close of a feast.—Cry cupboard, to cry for food; In his cups, under the influence of liquor; Many a slip between the cup and the lip, a proverb signifying that something adverse may occur at the last moment. [A.S. cuppe (Fr. coupe, It. coppa, a cup, the head); all from L. cupa, cuppa, a tub.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cup

   A solid piece of cast-iron let into the step of the capstan, and in which the iron spindle at the heel of the capstan works. Also, colloquially used for come, as, "Cup, let me alone."

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cup

   A type of product created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, shapes, sizes and styles.

   Cups vary in size, shape, color and use throughout the world.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 31, 2020  

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1. CUP

   What does CUP stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the CUP acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CUP

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cup is ranked #151532 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Cup surname appeared 108 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cup.
   
   85.1% or 92 total occurrences were White.
   11.1% or 12 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • United States Liquid Unit
   • Concave Shape
   • Container
   • Dishware
   • Form
   • Hole
   • Insert
   • Plant Organ
   • Punch

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cup' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #841

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cup' in Written Corpus Frequency: #736

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cup' in Nouns Frequency: #318

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Anagrams for cup »

1. CPU

2. UPC

3. PUC

How to pronounce cup?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say cup in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cup in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cup in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of cup in a Sentence

1. Bernard Lapasset:

   I will stop after the 2015 World Cup to focus on the bid with Tony.

2. Johannes Thingnes Boe:

   We had three penalty loops and in a normal world cup, you never do that, if you have three penalty loops, you're outside of competition. This is what we expected before racing today so we knew that most likely the winners would have a penalty loop so we were not scared to have it here.

3. Janne Andersson:

   It is very important we show respect for an opponent and if what we did has been perceived in another way, then we apologize, this is something small that has been turned into something much bigger because usually our information about World Cup opponents comes from us watching World Cup opponents play matches.

4. Shunsuke Ono:

   The 2011 World Cup gave us great courage, especially for the people enduring difficult times because of the disaster, i believe that many people were encouraged by watching the World Cup. I think it brought a bright light because their life was afflicted by pain ... it was great to make the Japanese people happy.

5. Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper:

   You walk into that kid's house and you look at the trophy mantle and all you see is trophies of where this kid has won, memorial Cup, Calder Cup, World Juniors ... winning follows that kid. You're a special player for that to happen.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cup
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cup
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cup
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cup
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=cup
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=cup
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=cup
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=cup