: a small cup usually with a handle used with a saucer for hot beverages
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The Thunder defense is a very complex storm in an arena-sized teacup.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 May 2025
The four-decade veteran of As the World Turns made her exit after just over a year on the series in appropriately grand fashion, by swigging a teacup full of crushed sleeping pills in a January episode.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 May 2025
His typescripts and teacups were sacralized, like the Shroud of Turin.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
Croissants and sweet pastries lined the tables, with empty teacups waiting to be filled.
—Yvette Walker, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 May 2025
The four-decade veteran of As the World Turns made her exit after just over a year on the series in appropriately grand fashion, by swigging a teacup full of crushed sleeping pills in a January episode.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 May 2025
His typescripts and teacups were sacralized, like the Shroud of Turin.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
Croissants and sweet pastries lined the tables, with empty teacups waiting to be filled.
—Yvette Walker, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Teacup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teacup. Accessed 31 May. 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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