English Explanatory Dictionary

cup of coffee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The situation where a minor league player comes up to the major league team for a short period of time.
  2. One’s personal preference.
  3. An invitation to have sex.
  4. How cheap something is.
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cup, coffee.

Pronunciation

En-au-cup of coffee.ogg

Word forms

cup of coffee cups of coffee

Etymology

Based on the idea that the player was only there long enough to have a cup of coffee.

Synonyms

cup of joe cup of tea
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on C Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary