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cup

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌp/

The English word “cup” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
  2. The contents of said vessel.
  3. A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (¹⁄₁₆ of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL.
  4. A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (¹⁄₂₀ imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL.
  5. A British unit of measure equal to ¹⁄₂ imperial pint (10 imperial ounces; 284 mL) or 300 mL.
  6. A metric unit of measure equal to 250 mL.
  7. A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
  8. A contest for which a cup is awarded.
  9. The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.
  10. A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
  11. A container in which dice are held and shaken before being thrown.
  12. Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.
  13. A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia.
  14. One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.
  15. Prefixed with a letter, used as a measurement of bra or breast size.
  16. The symbol ∪ denoting union and similar operations.
  17. A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
  18. A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
  19. A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction.
  20. Anything shaped like a cup.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English cuppe, coppe, from the merger of Old English cuppe (“cup”) and Old English copp (“cup, vessel”). Old English cuppe is a borrowing from Late Latin cuppa, itself of obscure origin, but probably from earlier Latin cūpa (“tub, cask”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“a hollow”). Old English copp, however, is from Proto-West Germanic *kopp (“round object, bowl, vessel,…

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