Dictionary
cup
Meaning
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- A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
- The contents of said vessel.
- A customary unit of measure
- A customary unit of measure
- A customary unit of measure
- A customary unit of measure
- A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
- A contest for which a cup is awarded.
- The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.
- A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
- Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.
- A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia.
- One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.
- One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.
- The symbol ∪ denoting union and similar operations.
- A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
- A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
- A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction.
- Anything shaped like a cup.
- A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
- That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion of blessings and afflictions.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kʌp/
Cognate with English
cop
Cognate with German
Kopf
Cognate with Latin
cuppa
Cognate with Western Frisian
kop
Cognate with Dutch
kop
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