cup

noun

1》 a small bowl-shaped container for drinking from, typically with a handle.

    ↘chiefly N. Amer. a measure of capacity used in cookery, equal to half a US pint (0.237 litre).

    ↘(in church use) a chalice used at the Eucharist.

    ↘(cups) one of the suits in a tarot pack.

2》 a cup-shaped trophy, usually made of gold or silver and having a stem and two handles, awarded as a prize in a sports contest.

    ↘a contest in which the winners are awarded a cup.

3》 either of the two parts of a bra shaped to contain or support one breast.

4》 Golf the hole on a putting green or the metal container in it.

5》 a long mixed drink made from wine or cider and fruit juice.

verb (cups, cupping, cupped)

1》 form (one's hand or hands) into the curved shape of a cup.

    ↘place one's curved hand or hands around.

2》 Medicine, historical bleed (someone) by using a glass in which a partial vacuum is formed by heating.

Phrases

in one's cups informal drunk.

not one's cup of tea informal not what one likes or is interested in.

Derivatives

cupful noun (plural cupfuls).

Origin

OE: from pop. L. cuppa, prob. from L. cupa 'tub'.