cup
noun
a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, paper, plastic, etc., sometimes having a handle and used chiefly as a receptacle from which to drink hot or cold beverages, soup, etc.
have cupped
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present perfectof cup.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In front of a public camera, I don't think that the great Calvin Coolidge would have cupped his hand over a child's mouth to prevent him from expressing mild gossip.
From Time Magazine Archive
One week later he decided that he should have cupped his hands and shouted, "You hypotenuse hussy!"
From The Boy Grew Older by Broun, Heywood
No fear, but he would have cupped a rich man, but even a leech he grudges to the poor.
From The Chorus Girl and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance
