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cupped

[kuhpt]

adjective

  1. hollowed out like a cup; cup-shaped.



cupped

/ ʌ /

adjective

  1. hollowed like a cup; concave

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • uncupped adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cupped1

First recorded in 1790–1800; cup + -ed 3
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He cupped his ears as jeers rained down from the sold-out Honda Center in Anaheim.

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The prosecutor said she turned her back to him, and Mr Spencer was said to have put his arms under her arms and cupped her breasts over her clothing.

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After his verbal attack on Smith, Whittaker cupped his hands as more boos echoed around the arena, though he did share an embrace with Cameron and his team a little later.

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Fan jeers and a cupped ear - is Postecoglou feeling the friction?

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He repeatedly tapped his cupped hands to the sides of his head as if putting on imaginary earmuffs.

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