cup
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Is cup a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
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What is the meaning of cup?
Definition
noun (English)
1. A customary unit of measureUS
2. A customary unit of measureCanada
3. A customary unit of measureUKdated
4. A customary unit of measureAustraliaNew-Zealand
5. (soccer) The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.Examples: "Until it was disbanded in 1999, the European Cup-Winners Cup was contested annually by the winners of Europe's national cups."; "Wallace had the unique distinction of being the only player ever to play in the English, Welsh and Scottish Cups in the same season."; "One week earlier, they had lost 5-2 to Borussia Dortmund in the DFB-Pokal [the German cup] final in Berlin."
6. (golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.Examples: "The ball just misses the cup."
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.Examples: "Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them."transitive
2. (transitive) To hold something in cupped hands.Examples: "He cupped the ball carefully in his hands."transitive
3. (transitive) To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.Examples: "We are cupping some new brands of coffee today."transitive
4. (transitive, obsolete) To supply with cups of wine.Examples: "Cup us, till the world go round."obsoletetransitive
5. (transitive, surgery, archaic) To apply a cup or cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.archaictransitive
6. (transitive, engineering) To make concave or in the form of a cup.Examples: "to cup the end of a screw"transitive
name (English)
1. (informal, sports) A particular trophy that is a cup; sometimes with the definite article "the".informal
noun (English)
1. (informal, sports) A win of a championship that is awarded a cup.informal
2. (informal, sports) A win of an event comprising part of the championship, which is awarded a cupinformal
Definition source: Wiktionary