a small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like.-the contents of such a vessel; a cupful.-repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry.-that which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.-anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower.-a cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.-to supply with cups of wine.-to apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. see cupping.-to make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.