sup
see also: SUP
Pronunciation
SUP
Proper noun
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see also: SUP
Pronunciation
- IPA: /sʌp/
sup (sups, present participle supping; past and past participle supped)
- To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon.
- There I'll sup / Balm and nectar in my cup.
sup (plural sups)
- A sip; a small amount of food or drink.
- 1936, George Orwell, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, chapter 8
- A long, long sup of beer flowed gratefully down his gullet.
- 1936, George Orwell, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, chapter 8
sup (sups, present participle supping; past and past participle supped)
- To take supper.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- ...I propose we should have up the cold pie, and let him sup.
- 1879, Bram Stoker, Dracula
- I pray you, be seated and sup how you please. You will, I trust, excuse me that I do not join you; but I have dined already, and I do not sup.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- (slang) what's up (either as a greeting or actual question)
- — Sup?
— Not much. - Synonyms: wassup, wudup
- — Sup?
sup (not comparable)
- (physics) Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of an up quark.
sup (plural sups)
- (informal) Superintendent.
sup (plural sups)
- (mathematics) Upper limit.
sup (plural sups)
SUP
Proper noun
- Acronym of Sailors' Union of the Pacific
- Acronym of Socialist Unity Party
- Acronym of Scottish Unionist Party
- Acronym of Stanford University Press
- Acronym of Software Upgrade Protocol
sup (uncountable)
- Acronym of Stand up paddle surfing
- Acronym of selective ultraviolet phototherapy
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