A sip; a small amount of food or drink.
"The SUP competition on Lake Tahoe attracted hundreds of enthusiasts to watch the stand-up paddle surfers race across the water."
Superintendent.
Supremum, upper limit.
A stand-up paddleboard
Acronym of Stand up paddle surfing.
In plain English: A sup is an old-fashioned way of drinking from a wooden bowl by tilting your head back and letting liquid flow into your mouth without using hands or cups.
"We had some soup for sup last night because dinner was late."
take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon
"She took a few sips of her soup from the bowl before asking if there was more."
To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon.
"After a long day at work, they decided to sup early before heading home."
To take supper.
In plain English: To sup means to drink from a cup, especially by lifting it high and tilting your head back.
"He needs to sup water before running the race."
Usage: Use "sup" as a verb when describing the act of sipping liquid or eating with a spoon, often implying doing so quietly or without making much noise. It is commonly used in casual conversation to describe finishing a meal or taking a quick bite rather than drinking from a glass directly.
Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of an up quark.
"In supersymmetric theories, the sup is a hypothetical particle that serves as the superpartner of the up quark."
In plain English: Sup means something is good, cool, or working perfectly well.
"Don't worry about eating sup food, just grab whatever is in your bag."
what's up (either as a greeting or actual question)
"Hey, sup?"
Acronym of Sailors' Union of the Pacific.
"The acronym SUP, which stands for Sailors' Union of the Pacific, was featured in a historical documentary about maritime labor rights."
The word "sup" comes from Middle English and originally meant to sip or drink a small amount before evolving into its current sense of having soup for dinner. Although it shares ancient roots with words like German saufen ("to booze") and Sanskrit sūpa ("soup"), the specific meaning in modern English refers primarily to eating broth rather than just drinking liquid.