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cup
[ kuhp ]
/ kʌp /
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noun
verb (used with object), cupped, cup·ping.
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Idioms about cup
in one's cups, intoxicated; drunk.
Origin of cup
First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English cuppe, from Latin cuppa, variant of cūpa “tub, cask”
OTHER WORDS FROM cup
cuplike, adjectiveun·der·cup, nounWords nearby cup
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British Dictionary definitions for cup
cup
/ (kʌp) /
noun
verb cups, cupping or cupped (tr)
Derived forms of cup
cuplike, adjectiveWord Origin for cup
Old English cuppe, from Late Latin cuppa cup, alteration of Latin cūpa cask
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