: a small cup usually with a handle used with a saucer for hot beverages
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Keep small pets like cats and teacup-sized dogs safely indoors at night.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
Tay was pictured behind his family with green face paint, while their daughter Ellie went as Cindy Lou Who, wearing a black-and-white gingham dress with a fuzzy red cape, a red headband adorned with a white teacup, and red knee-high socks with white ruffles at the bottom.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
In another, Allen sits across from a smiling Epstein at a dining table with water glasses and teacups in front of them.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
Each galaxy is like a spinning teacup, but the whole platform – the cosmic filament — is rotating too.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Dec. 2025
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
Tay was pictured behind his family with green face paint, while their daughter Ellie went as Cindy Lou Who, wearing a black-and-white gingham dress with a fuzzy red cape, a red headband adorned with a white teacup, and red knee-high socks with white ruffles at the bottom.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
In another, Allen sits across from a smiling Epstein at a dining table with water glasses and teacups in front of them.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
Each galaxy is like a spinning teacup, but the whole platform – the cosmic filament — is rotating too.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Teacup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teacup. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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teacup
noun
tea·cup
ˈtē-ˌkəp 
: a small cup used with a saucer for hot beverages
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