cup

cup1 [ kʌp ] noun ***

▸ 1 container for drink

▸ 2 metal container as prize

▸ 3 something small, round, & hollow

▸ 4 round part of bra

▸ 5 hole with flag in golf

▸ 6 mixed alcoholic drink

▸ 7 in sports

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) count a small round container for a drink, usually with a handle:

Henry took the coffee cups into the kitchen.

She filled my cup with hot tea.

cups and saucers: Where do you keep the cups and saucers?

a ) the drink contained in a cup:

I've already had two cups.

cup of: Would you like a cup of coffee?

b ) the amount that a cup contains, used in the U.S. as a unit for measuring quantities of food when you are cooking:

cup of: Mix one cup of sugar with three cups of flour.

2. ) count a large round metal container with two handles given as a prize to the winner of a competition

a ) Cup a sports competition in which the prize is a large metal cup:

the team's victory in the World Cup

3. ) count something that is small, round, and has an empty space inside:

the cup of someone's hand: She held the candies in the cup of her hand.

4. ) count one of the two round parts of a BRA that cover a woman's breasts:

What cup size are you?

5. ) count AMERICAN a small hole marked by a flag that you try to hit the ball into in golf

6. ) count or uncount MAINLY BRITISH an alcoholic drink made from a mixture of two or more drinks, especially wine and fruit juice

7. ) count AMERICAN a hard cover worn by men to protect their sex organs when playing sports

in your cups OLD-FASHIONED

drunk

not be someone's cup of tea INFORMAL

if someone or something is not your cup of tea, you do not like them or do not consider them interesting

cup

cup 2 [ kʌp ] verb transitive *

to hold or support something in your hands after making them into a curved shape

cup your hand/hands

to make your hand/hands into a curved shape