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

Buffalo Trace has a couple of other full-proof expressions in its portfolio—Benchmark, which is also bottled at 125 proof, and Weller, which comes in at 114 proof. —Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 Nov. 2025

But Furman said a ballpark range could be one percentage point of cumulative inflation added, or about half a percentage point extra per year for a couple of years. —Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2025

The birth was literally just a couple of hours. —Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025

The Scottish director’s adaptation of Ariana Harwicz’s 2012 novel stars Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson as a couple tearing at each other in rural Montana while raising their six-month-old son. —Thomas Page, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for a couple

• supple
• decouple
• uncouple
• thermocouple