sup

Meanings

1. To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon.

1. A sip; a small amount, of food or drink, water or rain.

1. To eat supper.

1. what's up (either as a greeting or actual question)

1. Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of an up quark.

1. Superintendent.

1. Supremum, upper limit.

1. Supplement.

1. A supervision.

1. Acronym of Sailors' Union of the Pacific.
2. Acronym of Socialist Unity Party.
3. Acronym of Scottish Unionist Party.
4. Acronym of Stanford University Press.
5. Acronym of Software Upgrade Protocol.

1. Acronym of standup paddleboarding.
2. Acronym of standup paddleboard.
3. Acronym of selective ultraviolet phototherapy.
4. Acronym of single-use plastic(s).
5. Acronym of shared use path.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sew-? Proto-Indo-European *sewH- Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- Proto-Indo-European *su(H)ph₃néh₂-der.? Proto-Germanic *suppōną Proto-Germanic *sūpaną Proto-West Germanic *sūpan Old English sūpan Middle English soupen English sup The verb is from Middle English soupen, from Old English sūpan (“to sip, drink, taste”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną (compare Dutch zuipen (“to drink, tipple, booze”), German saufen (“to drink, booze”), Swedish supa (“to drink, swallow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sub-, compare Sanskrit सूप (sū́pa, “soup, broth”), from *sewe (“to take liquid”). More at suck. The noun is from the verb. There is no evidence of continuity with Old English supa. Compare Middle English soupe, from Old English sūpe, which has the same meaning as Middle English sope (“a mouthful or small amount of drink”), from Old English sopa, whence sop.