how to pronounce cups

/ˈkʌps/

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cups is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of cups in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… we had like eight cups of gravy left …”

meanings of cups

noun:

A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, bearing the symbol of a cup or chalice.
Plural of cup.
Plural of Cup.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cup.

name:

Acronym of Common Unix Printing System. (a subsystem for using printers, found across many UNIX and unix-like operating systems).

cups frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word cups occurs in english on average 43.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.