cup

cup is a 3-letter English word with 20 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 20 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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. noun. The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.
3. noun. Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry.
4. noun. That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.
5. noun. Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower.
6. noun. A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
7. transitive verb. To supply with cups of wine.
8. transitive verb. To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping.
9. transitive verb. To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.
10. 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"

11. 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"

12. 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"

13. noun. a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
14. noun. cup-shaped plant organ
15. noun. a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
16. noun. the quantity a cup will hold

    "he drank a cup of coffee"

    "he borrowed a cup of sugar"

    Synonyms: cupful

17. noun. any cup-shaped concavity

    "bees filled the waxen cups with honey"

    "he wore a jock strap with a metal cup"

18. verb. treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin

    Synonyms: transfuse

19. verb. put into a cup

    "cup the milk"

20. verb. form into the shape of a cup

    "She cupped her hands"

Synonyms

cupful, transfuse

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in cup:

cpu

Common word forms

cups, cupful, cupped, cupper, cupless, cupping

Words from these letters

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