Cup Coffee Kʌp Competition Tea I Plastic Won

• a teacup
• a coffee cup
• a cup and saucer
• a paper cup

cup

1. a small container shaped like a bowl, usually with a handle, used for drinking tea, coffee, etc.
• a teacup
• a coffee cup
• a cup and saucer
• a paper cup
2. the contents of a cup
• She drank the whole cup.
• Would you like a cup of tea?
3. a unit for measuring quantity used in cooking in the US; a metal or plastic container used to measure this quantity
• two cups of flour and half a cup of butter
4. a thing shaped like a cup
• an egg cup
5. a gold or silver cup on a stem, often with two handles, that is given as a prize in a competition
• She's won several cups for skating.
• He lifted the cup for the fifth time this year (= it was the fifth time he had won).
6. a sports competition in which a cup is given as a prize
• the World Cup
7. one of the two parts of a bra that cover the breast
• a C cup
8. a drink made from wine mixed with, for example, fruit juice
9. a hollow in the ground that you must get the ball into
10. a piece of plastic that a man wears over his sex organs to protect them while he is playing a sport
11. having drunk too much alcohol
• He gets very maudlin when he's in his cups.
12. not what somebody likes or is interested in
• An evening at the opera isn't everyone's cup of tea.
• He's nice enough but not really my cup of tea.
13. nothing is completely certain until it really happens because things can easily go wrong

Extra Examples

• Customers don’t like drinking out of plastic cups.
• Enrique stirred his fourth cup of coffee of the day.
• He lifted the cup for the sixth time this year.
• I drink about ten cups of coffee a day.
• I like a good strong cup of tea first thing in the morning.
• I’m making tea. Can I pour you a cup?
• My coffee was cold, so I ordered a fresh cup.
• She raised her cup to her lips.
• She was so thirsty that she drained her cup.
• The cup will be presented to the winning team by the president himself.
• The team are ready for next week’s World Cup clash with Italy.
• They were the first Turkish team to win a major cup competition.
• Who won the cup?
• You sit down and I’ll make you a nice cup of tea.
• the Ryder Cup competition
• She has won several cups for skating.
• Sunderland beat Port Vale at the beginning of their cup run = a series of winning games in a competition to win a cup.
• They lost to Portugal in the World Cup quarter finals.
• They were the surprise winners of last year’s America’s Cup.
• We were leading 1–0 in the cup final.
• Will Liverpool secure a place in next year’s UEFA Cup?

Word Origin

• Old English: from popular Latin cuppa, probably from Latin cupa ‘tub’.