sup

[suhp]

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verb (used without object), supped, sup·ping.

to eat the evening meal; have supper.

verb (used with object), supped, sup·ping.

to provide with or entertain at supper.

Origin of sup

1250–1300; Middle English s(o)upen < Old French souper to take supper < Germanic; compare Old English sūpan to swallow, taste, sip. See sup²

sup

[suhp]

verb (used with object), supped, sup·ping.

to take (liquid food, or any liquid) into the mouth in small quantities, as from a spoon or cup; sip.

verb (used without object), supped, sup·ping.

to take liquid into the mouth in small quantities, as by spoonfuls or sips.

noun

a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.

Origin of sup

before 900; Middle English suppen, variant of supen, Old English sūpan; cognate with German saufen to drink. Cf. sip, sop, soup, sup¹

sup

[soop]

noun Mathematics.

supremum.

sup

⁴

or 'sup

[suhp]

interjection Slang.

wassup.

Origin of sup

⁴

by shortening

sup.

sup-

variant of sub- before p: suppose.

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Related Words for sup

gargle, consume, imbibe, down, booze, guzzle, nip, belt, toast, sip, irrigate, thirst, gulp, dissipate, quaff, slosh, absorb, swig, inhale, indulge

Examples from the Web for sup

Contemporary Examples of sup

Competence with pain, Coherent miseries, a bite and sup, We hug our little destiny again.
Seamus Heaney, 1939-2013: Accessible, Yes, and Beautiful
Jimmy So
August 30, 2013
One sure sign Gov. Jindal is hungry for higher office is his willingness to sup at the table of the kook right.
Memo to Bobby Jindal: Dump Rush
Paul Begala
February 24, 2009

Historical Examples of sup

He is to sup at the Deanery to-morrow, and I am to be in waiting to see him.
The Armourer's Prentices
Charlotte M. Yonge
The king is at the tent of the brave Du Guesclin, where he will sup to night.
The White Company
Arthur Conan Doyle
Duerot has tried his hardest to sup in Lagny, and has been balked by German valour.
Camps, Quarters and Casual Places
Archibald Forbes
Let us skirt it and push on for Bruton, where we may spare time for bite and sup.'
Micah Clarke
Arthur Conan Doyle
And you're not a-going to ask me to take a sup out of that 'ere bottle, eh?'
Barnaby Rudge
Charles Dickens

British Dictionary definitions for sup

sup

verb sups, supping or supped

(intr) archaic to have supper

(tr) obsolete to provide with supper

Word Origin for sup

C13: from Old French soper; see sup ²

sup

verb sups, supping or supped

to partake of (liquid) by swallowing a little at a time

Scot and Northern English dialect to drink

noun

a sip

Word Origin for sup

Old English sūpan; related to Old High German sūfan, German saufen; see also sup 1

sup.

abbreviation for

above

superior

grammar superlative

Word Origin for sup.

from Latin supra

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Word Origin and History for sup

v.1

"eat the evening meal," late 13c., from Old French super, which probably is from soupe "broth" (see soup), until recently still the traditional evening meal of French workers.

v.2

"sip," Old English supan (West Saxon), suppan, supian (Northumbrian) "to sip, swallow," from Proto-Germanic *supanan (cf. Old Norse supa "to sip, drink," Middle Low German supen, Dutch zuipen "to drink, tipple, booze," Old High German sufan, German saufen "to drink, booze"), from PIE *sub-, possibly an extended form of root *seue- (2) "to take liquid" (cf. Sanskrit sunoti "presses out juice," soma; Avestan haoma, Persian hom "juice;" Greek huetos "rain," huein "to rain;" Latin sugere "to suck," succus "juice, sap;" Lithuanian sula "flowing sap;" Old Church Slavonic soku "sap," susati "suck;" Middle Irish suth "sap;" Old English seaw "sap").