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teacup
/ ˈپːˌʌ /
noun
- a cup out of which tea may be drunk, larger than a coffee cup
- Also calledteacupful the amount a teacup will hold, about four fluid ounces
Idioms and Phrases
- tempest in a teacup / teapot, a disturbance or uproar about little or nothing: Also storm in a teacup.
The fight over who should become the next assistant treasurer of the organization is just a tempest in a teacup.
Example Sentences
He could pick teacups off the top of the backboard.
A month after the first signs of smoke and flame, victims are still mourning the loss of small things, a snapshot or a teacup.
They walked through the remains Wednesday and took solace in what they could find among the wreckage — a cowbell, a Franciscan Apple china teacup and a Virgin Mary statue.
What does the word "teacup" mean to you about this show?
The trail goes through a rock canyon that contains “teacups,” or pools, before ending along the Kern River.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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