Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A light evening meal when dinner is taken at midday.
- noun A light meal eaten before going to bed.
- noun A dance or social affair where supper is served.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The evening meal; the last repast of the day; specifically, a meal taken after dinner, whether dinner is served comparatively early or in the evening; in the Bible, the principal meal of the day—a late dinner (the later Roman cena, Greek
δεῖπνον ). - To take supper; sup.
- To give supper to.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb rare To take supper; to sup.
- noun A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.
- transitive verb rare To supply with supper.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Food consumed before going tobed . - noun Any
meal eaten in the evening;dinner eaten in theevening , rather than atnoon . - noun A
drinker , especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one whosups ). - verb To consume a snack before retiring.
- verb To eat dinner (see above).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a social gathering where a light evening meal is served
- noun a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I don't know where the term supper club was coined, or if it is a Wisconsin thang, but I have asked friends out east and none of them have heard of the term.
The Old Fashioned restaurant. Ann Althouse 2007
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Now the term supper club to me conjures up images of 80yo's and membership cards.
badger Diary Entry badger 2002
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Kids say the supper is a huge upgrade over the skimpy snacks.
D.C. schools dinner program aims to fight childhood hunger Bill Turque 2010
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Kids say the supper is a huge upgrade over the skimpy snacks.
D.C. schools dinner program aims to fight childhood hunger Bill Turque 2010
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Kids say the supper is a huge upgrade over the skimpy snacks.
Dinner bell follows class bell at some D.C. schools Bill Turque 2010
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Kids say the supper is a huge upgrade over the skimpy snacks.
D.C. schools dinner program aims to fight childhood hunger Bill Turque 2010
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We change our dinner into what you call supper, and we will have the dining table moved out under the trees there.
The Lighted Way 1906
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Then they found a small restaurant and got what they called supper, although it was not a very good meal.
Dave Porter in the Gold Fields The Search for the Landslide Mine Edward Stratemeyer 1896
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With this in mind, and perhaps 18 local ears cocked in close attendance, when I reached the head of the Golden Fry queue I heard myself round off the word 'supper' in a ridiculous thrumming roll.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Tim Moore 2012
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With this in mind, and perhaps 18 local ears cocked in close attendance, when I reached the head of the Golden Fry queue I heard myself round off the word 'supper' in a ridiculous thrumming roll.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Tim Moore 2012
BrainyBabe commented on the word supper
One evening, after that meal which the Otchkinsons, observing a finer distinction than the Ramerils, called dinner when they had company, but supper when they were alone... - ''Yashima, or, The Gorgeous West'' by R T Sherwood, 1931.
December 24, 2008
bilby commented on the word supper
The kind of annoying person who says 'sup?' too much.
January 15, 2016