Sup Definition
- to eat a supper featuring or consisting of
to sup on leftovers
Other Word Forms of Sup
Noun
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Sup
- sup on
Origin of Sup
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From Middle English suppen, from Old English sÅ«pan (“to swallow, sip"), from Proto-Germanic *sÅ«panÄ… (compare Dutch zuipen (“to drink, tipple, booze"), German saufen (“to drink, booze"), Swedish supa (“to swallow, drink")), from Proto-Indo-European *sub-, compare Sanskrit súpas 'soup, broth'), from *seue 'to take liquid'. More at suck.
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From Middle English soupen, suppen, Anglo-Norman super, from supe, soupe. More at soup.
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Middle English soupen from Old French souper from soupe soup soup
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English soupen from Old English sūpan seuə-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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aphetic form of what's up (“How are you doing?")
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Short for What's up?
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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