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Rhymes with -ʌpəl

From Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula. Doublet of copula.

Two of the same kind connected or considered together. A couple of police officers appeared at the door.
Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship. The number of Souls in the Kingdom being uſually reckon'd one Million and a half, Of theſe I calculate there may be about tvvo hundred thouſand Couple vvhoſe VVives are Breeders, from vvhich Number I Subſtract thirty Thouſand Couples, vvho are able to maintain their ovvn Children, […]
informal A small number. A couple of billiard balls, all mud and dirt, two battered hats, a champagne bottle […]
One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
A turning effect created by forces that produce a non-zero external torque.
A couple-close.
That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler. I’ll keep my stables where / I lodge my wife; I’ll go in couples with her;

Similar: pair

Canada, US, informal, not comparable Two or (a) small number of. Put any couple guys in a tricked out car and a couple of bandannas […]" He trailed off.

Canada, US, colloquial Two or a few, a small number of. A couple fewer people show up every week.

transitive To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another). Now the conductor will couple the train cars.
dated, transitive To join in wedlock; to marry. I am just going to perform a very good office, it is to assist with the archbishop, in degrading a parson who couples all our beggars
intransitive To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate. On their wedding night they coupled nine times.
transitive To cause (two animals) to copulate, to bring (two animals) together for mating. The Parilia was generally considered to be the best time for coupling the rams and the ewes.
transitive To enter (multiple horses with the same owner) into a race so that a single bet can be placed on any of them winning.