Cup Definition
- Something that one excels in or enjoys:
Opera is not my cup of tea.
- A matter to be reckoned or dealt with:
Recreational sport is relaxing. Professional sport is another cup of tea altogether.
- Intoxicated; drunk.
- drunk; intoxicated
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Cup
Origin of Cup
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From Old English cuppe, from Late Latin cuppa, probably a form of Latin cūpa (“tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *keup- (“a hollow”). Reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman cupe, from the same Latin source.
From Wiktionary
Middle English cuppe from Old English from Late Latin cuppa drinking vessel perhaps variant of Latin cūpa tub, cask
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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