Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large ornamental wine vessel, usually made of silver and having two or more handles.
- noun A large ornamental vessel given as an award in modern sporting contests and similar events.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wine-cup intended for several persons to drink from and to pass from hand to hand. It is commonly made with several handles. See
parting-cup .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A large ornamental drinking vessel having two or more handles, intended to pass from hand to hand, as at a banquet.
- an award resembling a
loving cup {1} that is given to the winner of a competition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
large cup with two or morehandles , passed around for all to drink from; a ceremonial version of such a cup awarded as a trophy.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition
- noun a large drinking vessel (usually with two handles) that people drink out of in turn at a banquet
Etymologies
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Named around 1810 for the sense of unity its use brought.
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treeseed commented on the word loving cup
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
noun
Etymology: from its former use in ceremonial drinking
Date: 1812
1 : a large ornamental drinking vessel with two or more handles
2 : a loving cup given as a token or trophy
February 10, 2008