“cupped” is a form of
cup
/ˈkʌp/ noun, verb, proper noun
- noun A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle. “Pour the tea into the cup.”
- noun The contents of said vessel. “I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty.”
- noun (US) A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (¹⁄₁₆ of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL.
- noun (Canada) A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (¹⁄₂₀ imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL.
- noun (UK, dated) A British unit of measure equal to ¹⁄₂ imperial pint (10 imperial ounces; 284 mL) or 300 mL.
- noun (Australia, New Zealand) A metric unit of measure equal to 250 mL.
- noun A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup. “The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament.”
- noun A contest for which a cup is awarded. “The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event.”
- verb (transitive) To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands. “Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.”
- verb (transitive) To hold something in cupped hands. “He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.”
- verb (transitive) To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup. “We are cupping some new brands of coffee today.”
- verb (transitive, obsolete) To supply with cups of wine.
- verb (transitive, surgery, archaic) To apply a cup or cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.
- verb (transitive, engineering) To make concave or in the form of a cup. “to cup the end of a screw”
- proper noun (informal, sports) A particular trophy that is a cup; sometimes with the definite article "the".
- noun (informal, sports) A win of a championship that is awarded a cup.
- noun (informal, sports) A win of an event comprising part of the championship, which is awarded a cup
Synonyms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cuppe, coppe, from the merger of Old English cuppe (“cup”) and Old English copp (“cup, vessel”).
Old English cuppe is a borrowing from Late Latin cuppa, itself of obscure origin, but probably from earlier Latin cūpa (“tub, cask”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“a hollow”). Old English copp, however, is from Proto-West Germanic *kopp (“round object, bowl, vessel, knoll, summit, crown of the head”), from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch”) (whence also obsolete English cop (“top, summit, crown of the head”), German Kopf (“top, head”)).
The Middle English word was further reinforced by Anglo-Norman cupe and Old French cope, coupe, from Latin cuppa. Compare also Saterland Frisian Kop (“cup”), West Frisian kop (“cup”), Dutch kop (“cup”), German Low German Koppke, Köppke (“cup”), Danish kop (“cup”), Swedish kopp (“cup”). Doublet of coupe, hive, and keeve.
Capitalization of cup
Webster’s 1913
- 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.
- noun The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.
- verb To supply with cups of wine. [R.]
- verb To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping.
Etymology [AS. cuppe, LL. cuppa cup; cf. L. cupa tub, cask; cf. also Gr. k pit, hollow, OSlav. kupa cup. Cf. Coop, Cupola, Cowl a water vessel, and Cob, Coif, Cop.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “cup”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details