a couple

idiom

informal

1

: two or a few (of something)

Can you give me a couple more examples?

This one costs a couple dollars less than that one.

—In informal U.S. English, a couple can be used like a couple of

I lost interest in the book after a couple chapters.

We met a couple years ago.

2

: two or a few

"How many drinks have you had?" "Oh, just a couple."

Examples of a couple in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These are just a couple of the cases that have been made known to the public. —Susan Thomas, Time, 29 Apr. 2025

Their nastiness and tendency to cross the line showed up a couple of hours earlier. —Josh Yohe, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025

Mark revised his road map by hand, built a tighter flywheel between strategy and execution and closed his hefty Series A a couple of years later. —Alla Adam, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025

Justin Charette Design Designer Justin Charette fashioned a family-friendly apartment on the Upper West Side for a couple with a young child. —Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 29 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for a couple

• supple
• decouple
• uncouple
• thermocouple