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cup

 
 
/kʌp/ verb [T] (present participle cupping, past tense and past participle cupped)

Definition

to make your hands into the shape of a cup, or to hold something with your hands in this shape
(Definition of cup verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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