cuppy

American  

[kuhp-ee] / ˈkʌp i /

adjective

cuppier, cuppiest

1. cup-shaped; hollow.

2. having indentations or depressions.

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Etymology

Origin of cuppy

First recorded in 1880–85; cup + -y ¹

Example Sentences

We rode for a half-mile in silence with only the cuppy thud of hoofs on the soft earth, the creaking of stirrup leather and the clink of bit rings.

From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville

He was, he realized, in the position of a man who has made a supreme drive from the tee, and finds his ball near the green but in a cuppy lie.

From A Damsel in Distress by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

And sure enough, the opening arrived on the fourth hole, where Mortimer, after a drive which surprised even himself, found his ball in a nasty cuppy lie.

From The Clicking of Cuthbert by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

His club rose, wavered, fell; and the ball, badly topped, trickled two feet and sank into a cuppy lie.

From The Clicking of Cuthbert by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

He then slid along on his six slippery legs to the refreshments, and actually amused the company by standing on his head, and twirling his six cuppy arms around.

From Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan by Ozawa