sup
Plural: sups
Noun
- a small amount of liquid food
- "a sup of ale"
- A sip; a small amount of food or drink.
- Superintendent.
- Supremum, upper limit.
- Supplement.
- A supervision.
Verb
Verb Forms: supped, supping, sups
- To eat the evening meal; to dine.
- take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon
- To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon.
- To eat supper.
Intj
- what's up (either as a greeting or actual question)
Adj
- Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of an up quark.
Examples
- After an intense Words With Friends match, he was ready to sup on his victory.
- — Sup? — Not much.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 5
sup: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsup: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sup: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary