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sup¹
- /sʌp/
- /sup/ abbreviation
Sounds like 'sup · Rhymes with -ʌp
Where it comes from
The verb is from Middle English soupen, from Old English sūpan (“to sip, drink, taste”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną (compare Dutch zuipen (“to drink, tipple, booze”), German saufen (“to drink, booze”), Swedish supa (“to drink, swallow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sub-, compare Sanskrit सूप (sū́pa, “soup, broth”), from *sewe (“to take liquid”). More at suck.
The noun is from the verb. There is no evidence of continuity with Old English supa. Compare Middle English soupe, from Old English sūpe, which has the same meaning as Middle English sope (“a mouthful or small amount of drink”), from Old English sopa, whence sop.
verb sups · supping · supped · soup
- 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.
noun sups · soup
- A sip; a small amount, of food or drink, water or rain. Not a sup will I swallow, nor a bit will I bite, till Burd Ellen is set free.
sup²
- /sʌp/
- /sup/ abbreviation
Sounds like 'sup · Rhymes with -ʌp
Where it comes from
From Middle English soupen, suppen, Anglo-Norman super, from supe, soupe. More at soup.
verb sups · supping · supped · soup
- To eat supper. ...I propose we should have up the cold pie, and let him sup.
sup³
- /sʌp/
- /sup/ abbreviation
Sounds like 'sup · Rhymes with -ʌp
Where it comes from
Procopic form of what's up (“how are you doing?”)
sup⁴
- /sʌp/
- /sup/ abbreviation
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Where it comes from
From s- + up.
adjective
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Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of an up quark.
Opposite: sdown
sup⁵
- /sʌp/
- /sup/ abbreviation
Sounds like 'sup · Rhymes with -ʌp
Where it comes from
First syllable of superintendent.
noun sups · supe
- Superintendent. They had put in the stretch-out and they were laying people off and there was talk of a union. "Let's have a union." "Mr. Shaw won't stand for it. The sup won't stand for it."
sup⁶
- /sʌp/
- /sup/ abbreviation
Sounds like 'sup · Rhymes with -ʌp
Where it comes from
First syllable of superior.
noun sups
- Supremum, upper limit. Values for the sup W statistic in excess of the 5 percent critical value (2.75 for booms and 2.77 for slumps) indicate rejection of the null hypothesis of no change in the dureation of booms and slumps in real commodity prices.
sup⁷
- /sʌp/
- /sup/ abbreviation
Sounds like 'sup · Rhymes with -ʌp
Where it comes from
Clipping of supplement.
noun sups
- Supplement.
sup⁸
- /sʌp/
- /sup/ abbreviation
Sounds like 'sup · Rhymes with -ʌp
Where it comes from
First syllable of supervision.
noun sups · supe · supp
- A supervision.
SUP⁹
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
noun SUPs
- Acronym of standup paddleboarding
- Acronym of standup paddleboard
- Acronym of selective ultraviolet phototherapy
- Acronym of single-use plastic(s)
- Acronym of shared use path
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: dine, swallow, sip, swig, supper, dinner, eat, soup, sop, sub, ncm, sob, senior, extra, del, plies
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