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teacups

teacups is the plural of teacup.

Meaning of teacup

Noun

teacup (plural teacups)

  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 Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 182
  2. A unit of measure; a teacupful.

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Noun

teacups pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A type of amusement ride characterized by teacup-shaped spinning vehicles atop a turntable-like floor, which may also spin.

Phrases with teacups

Questions about teacups

What does teacups mean?
Teacups means a type of amusement ride characterized by teacup-shaped spinning vehicles atop a turntable-like floor, which may also spin.
What is teacups the plural of?
Teacups is the plural of teacup.
What part of speech is teacups?
Teacups is a noun.

Words near teacups in the dictionary

  1. teacup puppies
  2. teacup puppy
  3. teacupful
  4. teacupfuls
  5. teacuplike
  6. teacups
  7. teacupsful
  8. tead
  9. teade
  10. teades
  11. teadress

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Adapted from Wiktionary: teacups (page history and authors); teacup (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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