Cup vs Cue - What's the difference?
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A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
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A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
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(golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
(US) A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia. (for UK usage see box)
One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast, used as a measurement of size.
(mathematics) The symbol denoting union and similar operations (confer cap).
A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
(ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping'' the thrower; ''or those three players.
A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction (suction cup).
Anything shaped like a cup.
* Shenstone
(medicine, historical) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.
* Bible, Matthew xxvi. 39
To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
To hold something in cupped hands.
(obsolete) To supply with cups of wine.
* Shakespeare
(transitive, surgery, archaic) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.
(engineering) To make concave or in the form of a cup.
An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
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* Shakespeare
A hint or intimation.
* Jonathan Swift
(obsolete) Humour; temper of mind.
(obsolete, UK, universities) A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing and noted with a q (for (etyl) quadrans farthing) in the buttery books.
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To give someone a cue signal.
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(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in various games.
(obsolete) The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.
To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
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English
(wikipedia cup)Noun
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- the cup of an acorn
- The cowslip's golden cup no more I see.
- O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me.
Derived terms
* bra cup * coffee cup * cupcake * Cup Final * cuppa * cup size * egg cup, eggcup * teacup * world cupCoordinate terms
* mug * pannikinVerb
- Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.
- He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.
- Cup us, till the world go round.
- to cup the end of a screw
Anagrams
* * * 1000 English basic words ----cue
English
(wikipedia cue)Etymology 1
From the letter Q, abbreviation of (etyl) quando (“when”), marked on actor's play copy where they were to begin.Noun
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- When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer.
- Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house.
See also
*Derived terms
* on cue * sensory cueVerb
- Cue the cameraman, and action!
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