Cup word meaning and definition

[noun] a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle; "he put the cup back in the saucer"; "the handle of the cup was missing"
[noun] a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition; "the school kept the cups is a special glass case"
[noun] the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green; "he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away"; "put the flag back in the cup"
[noun] a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
[noun] cup-shaped plant organ
[noun] a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
[noun] the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar"
[noun] any cup-shaped concavity; "bees filled the waxen cups with honey"; "he wore a jock strap with a metal cup"; "the cup of her bra"
[verb] treat by cupping
[verb] put into a cup
[verb] form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands"

\Cup\ (k[u^]p), n. [AS. cuppe, LL. cuppa cup; cf. L. cupa tub, cask; cf. also Gr. ky`ph hut, Skr. k[=u]pa pit, hollow, OSlav. kupa cup. Cf. {Coop}, {Cupola}, {Cowl} a water vessel, and {Cob}, {Coif}, {Cop}.] 1. A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like. 2. The contents of such a vessel; a cupful. Give me a cup of sack, boy. --Shak. 3. pl. Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry. Thence from cups to civil broils. --Milton. 4. That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion. O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. --Matt. xxvi. 39. 5. Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower. The cowslip's golden cup no more I see. --Shenstone. 6. (Med.) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping. {Cup and ball}, a familiar toy of children, having a cup on the top of a piece of wood to which, a ball is attached by a cord; the ball, being thrown up, is to be caught in the cup; bilboquet. --Milman. {Cup and can}, familiar companions. {Dry cup}, {Wet cup} (Med.), a cup used for dry or wet cupping. See under {Cupping}. {To be in one's cups}, to be drunk.
\Cup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cupped} (k[u^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cupping}.] 1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.] Cup us, till the world go round. --Shak. 2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See {Cupping}. 3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.

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