cup : Idioms & Phrases


acorn cup

  • noun cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn
    cupule.
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A"corn cup
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  1. The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.
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black felt cup

  • noun a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae
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blood cup

  • noun a scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp
    Peziza coccinea; blood cup.
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bone-ash cup

  • noun a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead
    refractory pot; cupel.
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brown cup

  • noun a variety of sclerotinia
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champagne cup

  • noun a punch containing a sparkling wine
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charred pancake cup

  • noun a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae
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claret cup

  • noun a punch made of claret and brandy with lemon juice and sugar and sometimes sherry or curacao and fresh fruit
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coffee cup

  • noun a cup from which coffee is drunk
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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. -
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Cup and can

  • familiar companions.
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cup and saucer

  • noun European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowers
    Campanula medium; Canterbury bell.
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cup final

  • noun the final match of any cup competition (such as the annual final of the English soccer competition at Wembley)
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cup fungus

  • noun any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes
    discomycete.
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cup hook

  • noun hook (usually on the underside of a shelf) for hanging cups
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cup morel

  • noun an edible morel with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body can be up to 20 cm wide; the fertile surface inside the cup has wrinkles radiating from the center; can be easily confused with inedible mushrooms
    Disciotis venosa.
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cup of tea

  • noun an activity that you like or at which you are superior
    dish; bag.
    • chemistry is not my cup of tea
    • his bag now is learning to play golf
    • marriage was scarcely his dish
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cup tie

  • noun an eliminating game between teams in a cup competition
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cup-gall

Cup"-gall` noun
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  1. A kind of oak-leaf gall. See Gall.
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cup-moss

Cup"-moss` noun
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  1. (Bot.) A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia.
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cup-rose

Cup"-rose noun
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  1. Red poppy. See Cop-rose.
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davis cup

  • noun cup awarded for the annual international team tennis competition
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death cup

  • noun extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills
    Amanita phalloides; death angel; destroying angel; death cap.
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dice cup

  • noun a small container (open at one end) in which dice are shaken by hand and from which they are thrown
    dice box.
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dixie cup

  • noun a disposable cup made of paper; for holding drinks
    Dixie cup.
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drain the cup

  • verb drink to the last drop
    drink up.
    • drink up--there's more wine coming
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Dry cup, Wet cup

  • (Med.), a cup used for dry or wet cupping. See under Cupping.
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Dry cupping

  • the application of a cupping instrument without scarification, to draw blood to the surface, produce counter irritation, etc.
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egg cup

  • noun dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg
    eggcup.
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egg-cup

Egg"-cup` noun
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  1. A cup used for holding an egg, at table.
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elf cup

  • noun apothecium of a fungus of the family Pezizaceae
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eye cup

  • noun a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball
    eyecup; eyebath.
    • an eyecup is called an eyebath in Britain
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fairy cup

  • noun a scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp
    Peziza coccinea; blood cup.
  • noun miterwort of northeastern North America usually with two opposite leaves on erect flowering stems that terminate in erect racemes of white flowers
    Mitella diphylla.
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floral cup

  • noun the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)
    calyx tube; hypanthium.
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flower-cup fern

  • noun slender fern of northern North America with shining chestnut-colored stipes and bipinnate fronds with usually distinct marginal sori
    Woodsia alpina; Alpine woodsia; northern woodsia.
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fringe cups

  • noun plant growing in clumps with mostly basal leaves and cream-colored or pale pink fringed flowers in several long racemes; Alaska to coastal central California and east to Idaho
    Tellima grandiflora; false alumroot.
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Golden cup

  • noun native of Mexican highlands grown for its glossy clear yellow flowers and blue-grey finely dissected foliage
    Mexican tulip poppy; Hunnemania fumariifolia.
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  • (Bot.), the buttercup.
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Grace cup

  • noun cup to be passed around for the final toast after a meal
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  • . (a) A cup or vessel in which a health is drunk after grace. (b) A health drunk after grace has been said.
    The grace cup follows to his sovereign's health. Hing.
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Huntsman's cup

  • noun perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette; of northeastern North America and naturalized in Europe especially Ireland
    huntsman's cup; common pitcher plant; Sarracenia purpurea.
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  • (Bot.), the sidesaddle flower, or common American pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea).
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huntsman's cups

  • noun perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette; of northeastern North America and naturalized in Europe especially Ireland
    huntsman's cup; common pitcher plant; Sarracenia purpurea.
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loving cup

  • noun a large drinking vessel (usually with two handles) that people drink out of in turn at a banquet
  • noun a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition
    cup.
    • the school kept the cups is a special glass case
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measuring cup

  • noun graduated cup used to measure liquid or granular ingredients
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monkey-cup

Mon"key-cup` noun
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  1. (Bot.) See Nepenthes.
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mossy-cup oak

  • noun medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood
    Quercus macrocarpa; burr oak; mossycup oak; bur oak.
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moustache cup

  • noun a drinking cup with a bar inside the rim to keep a man's mustache out of the drink
    moustache cup.
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mustache cup

  • noun a drinking cup with a bar inside the rim to keep a man's mustache out of the drink
    moustache cup.
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Neptune's cup

  • (Zoöl.), a very large, cup-shaped, marine sponge (Thalassema Neptuni).
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Oil cup

  • a cup, or small receptacle, connected with a bearing as a lubricator, and usually provided with a wick, wire, or adjustable valve for regulating the delivery of oil.
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optic cup

  • noun (embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina
    eyecup.
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Painted cup

  • noun any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts
    Indian paintbrush.
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  • (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs (Castilleia) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows.
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paper cup

  • noun a disposable cup made of paper; for holding drinks
    Dixie cup.
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queen's cup

  • noun plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks; Alaska to California and east to Oregon and Montana
    bride's bonnet; Clintonia uniflora.
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Race cup

  • a cup given as a prize to the victor in a race.
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rufous rubber cup

  • noun a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae
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scarlet cup

  • noun a discomycete that is a harbinger of spring; the fruiting body is thin and tough and saucer-shaped (about the size of quarter to a half dollar) with a deep bright red upper surface and a whitish exterior
    Sarcoscypha coccinea.
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Siphon cup

  • a cup with a siphon attached for carrying off any liquid in it; specifically (Mach.), an oil cup in which oil is carried over the edge of a tube in a cotton wick, and so reaches the surface to be lubricated.
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sneak-cup

Sneak"-cup` noun
Definitions
  1. One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass. Obs. Shak.
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Squirrel cup

  • (Bot.), the blossom of the Hepatica triloba, a low perennial herb with cup-shaped flowers varying from purplish blue to pink or even white. It is one of the earliest flowers of spring.
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Standing cup

  • a tall goblet, with a foot and a cover.
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Stirrup cup

  • noun a farewell drink (especially one offered to a horseman ready to depart); usually alcoholic
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  • a parting cup taken after mounting.
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suction cup

  • noun a cup-shaped device (made of rubber, glass, or plastic) that produces a partial vacuum; used to adhere or draw something to a surface
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sweet cup

  • noun the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle
    bell apple; water lemon; yellow granadilla.
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Tantalus's cup

  • (Physics), a philosophical toy, consisting of a cup, within which is the figure of a man, and within the figure a siphon, the longer arm of which passes down through the bottom of the cup, and allows the escape of any liquid that may be poured in, when it reaches as high as the bend of the siphon, which is just below the level of the mouth of the figure in the cup.
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To be in one's cups

  • to be drunk.
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To crush a cup

  • to drink. Obs.
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Wassail cup

  • a cup from which wassail was drunk.
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Wet cupping

  • the operation of drawing blood by the application of a cupping instrument after scarification.
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world cup

  • noun a soccer tournament held every four years between national soccer teams to determine a world champion
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