- cup
- cup [kup]n.[ME & OE cuppe < LL cuppa, altered < L cupa, tub < IE * keup-, a hollow < base * keu-, to bend, arch > COOMB, HUMP]1. a small, open container for beverages, usually bowl-shaped and with a handle2. the bowl part of a drinking vessel3. a cup and its contents4. the amount a cup holds; cupful: a standard measuring cup holds 8 fluid ounces or 16 tablespoons: abbrev. C5. anything shaped like a cup or bowl6. an ornamental, usually metal, cup with a stem and base, given as a prize7.a) the chalice containing the wine at Communionb) the wine8. one's portion, share, or allotment [his cup of happiness was full]9. something served as in a cup: see CLARET CUP, FRUIT CUP10. one of two sections of a bra that support the breasts11. a padded, hard-plastic protective device worn over the genitals by a male athlete12. Biol. any cuplike organ or structure13. Golf the container set in the hole sunk into the green, into which the ball drops; hole14. Med. a small glass bowl or similar object used in cuppingvt.cupped, cupping1. to shape like a cup2. to take in or put into a cup3. Med. to treat with or subject to cupping——————in one's cupsdrunk; intoxicatedcuplikeadj.
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.