: a small cup usually with a handle used with a saucer for hot beverages
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The boys and their dads also enjoyed a spin on the teacups before meeting Mickey Mouse and watching the Christmas parade on Main Street.
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 21 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
No need to worry about sourcing a matching teacup!
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2025
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 21 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
No need to worry about sourcing a matching teacup!
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for teacup
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“Teacup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teacup. Accessed 22 Dec. 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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