Phrase Hound found 76 phrases and 38 compound words that contain cups. The most common are listed below. Open cups in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 76
- cups of coffeeplural of cup of coffee: The situation where a minor league player comes up to the major league team for a short period of time.
- cups of teaplural of cup of tea: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cup, tea. A cup or mug with tea in it.
- Grey Cupsplural of Grey Cup: The championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) played annually in late November between two teams, one each in the West and East Divisions.
- drinking-cupsplural of drinking-cup: A cup for drinking
- egg cupsplural of egg cup: A small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten.
- fruit cupsplural of fruit cup: A speciality drink, often gin-based, designed to be made into a long drink by adding a soft drink such as lemonade or ginger ale.
- loving cupsplural of loving cup: A large cup with two or more handles, passed around for all to drink from
- measuring cupsplural of measuring cup: A kitchen utensil used primarily to measure the volume of liquid or bulk solid cooking ingredients.
- monkey-cupsplural of monkey-cup
- paper cupsplural of paper cup: A disposable cup made out of paper and often lined with plastic or wax to prevent liquid from leaking out or soaking through the paper.
- tea cupsplural of tea cup: A small cup, usually with a handle, commonly used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set.
- wine-cupsplural of wine-cup: A vessel from which wine is drunk.
- World Cupsplural of World Cup: Alternative letter-case form of World Cup, an international tournament establishing a world champion; the trophy awarded to the winner.
- splash cupsplural of splash cup: A cup-like structure in certain fungi and cryptogams, used in spore dispersal, such that the energy of raindrops falling into the cup causes the water to splash outward carrying the spores.
- dixie cupsplural of dixie cup: Alternative letter-case form of Dixie cup.
- Little-Master cupsplural of Little-Master cup: A kind of Attic black-figure cup, produced in the sixth century BC, bearing fine small-format decoration.
- FA Cupsplural of FA Cup: The most prestigious cup competition held every season between clubs in the English leagues.
- suction cupsplural of suction cup: A cup made of flexible material, such as rubber, that uses suction as an adhesive.
- menstrual cupsplural of menstrual cup: A receptacle worn inside the vagina during menstruation to collect menstrual fluid.
- peanut butter cupsplural of peanut butter cup: A chocolate candy with peanut butter filling.
- mustache cupsplural of mustache cup: A specialized piece of drinkware designed with a semicircular ledge, and having the top partly covered, thus preventing the drinker's moustache from becoming wet or stained.
- sippy cupsplural of sippy cup: A spill-proof cup for toddlers.
- in one's cupsDrunk; in the act of consuming alcohol liberally.
- band cupsplural of band cup: A form of Attic Little-Master cup having a slightly concave black lip, and often a red ring at the joint between vase body and foot. The external figural decoration is in the area of the handles, often framed by …
- builders' cupsplural of builders' cup: A large ceramic mug for hot drinks.
Compound words 38
- creamcupsPlatystemon californicus, an ornamental flowering plant in the Papaveraceae family, found growing wild throughout the American southwest and especially on the Pacific Coast.
- hiccupsplural of hiccup: A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
- teacupsplural of teacup: A small cup, usually with a handle, commonly used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set.
- buttercupsplural of buttercup: Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the crowfoot.
- eyecupsplural of eyecup: An eyebath.
- macrocupsplural of macrocup: A larger than normal optic cup
- audiocupsplural of audiocup: An enclosure for a headphone that restricts ambient noise
- bluecupsplural of bluecup: Any of the genus Githopsis of North American flowering plants in the bellflower family.
- coffeecupsplural of coffeecup: Alternative form of coffee cup. Compare teacup.
- cupsetsplural of cupset: An upset in a cup competition.