Cup(n.)
- 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.
Cup(n.)
- The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.
Cup(n.)
- Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry.
Cup(n.)
- That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.
Cup(n.)
- Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower.
Cup(n.)
- A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
Cupping(n.)
- The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also, sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.