teacup
adjEtymology From tea + cup.
1
Of an animal, smaller than average.
- Related terms
- ass over teacups
teacup
noun/ˈtiː.kʌp/
Etymology From tea + cup.
1
A small cup, usually with a handle, commonly used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set.
- "There isn't wind enough to capsize a tea-cup in a gutter," said Rasmus, and shifted his chew of tobacco with a little black chalk pipe, while he looked around him on all sides.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 182:
2
A unit of measure; a teacupful.
- Derived terms
- ass over teacups, spinning teacups, storm in a teacup, teacup and saucer, teacup dog, teacupful, teacupless, teacuplike, teacup puppy, tempest in a teacup