: a small cup usually with a handle used with a saucer for hot beverages
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There were two charpoys, with a table that held the board squeezed between them, teacups crowded to the side, players sitting cross-legged.
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Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
Her first was Tinkerbell, a teacup Chihuahua that appeared alongside the star on The Simple Life.
—Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
Unlike the mate consumed across Argentina—and served in a gourd—this version, known as mate cocido, was smoky and sweet, and served in a teacup.
—Kendall Hunter, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2025
The Fujiwhara Effect is the interaction of two tropical systems that causes both to dance around each other like a spinning teacup amusement park ride or ballroom dancers moving in unison, AccuWeather said.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
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Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
Her first was Tinkerbell, a teacup Chihuahua that appeared alongside the star on The Simple Life.
—Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
Unlike the mate consumed across Argentina—and served in a gourd—this version, known as mate cocido, was smoky and sweet, and served in a teacup.
—Kendall Hunter, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2025
The Fujiwhara Effect is the interaction of two tropical systems that causes both to dance around each other like a spinning teacup amusement park ride or ballroom dancers moving in unison, AccuWeather said.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Teacup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teacup. Accessed 24 Nov. 2025.
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teacup
noun
tea·cup
ˈtē-ˌkəp 
: a small cup used with a saucer for hot beverages
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