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supper

noun
/ˈsʌpə/UK/ˈsʌpɚ/US/ˈsʊpə/

Etymology

From Middle English soper, from Old French soper, from sope (“soup”). Compare French souper.

  1. derived from soper
  2. inherited from soper

Definitions

  1. An optional light meal consumed shortly before going to bed.

    • There he stood, with admirable patience, […] longing to go to rest for hours past; aware that suppers disagreed with him […] so tired and longing for bed!

  2. Any meal eaten in the evening

    Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.

    • We normally have supper at 7.

  3. A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.

    • a fish supper
    • Roisin the savior paraded into the front room with three fish suppers, one sausage supper, one single fish, one single chips, a single sausage, a chicken and chips, and three curry and chips.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To consume a snack before going to bed.

    2. To eat dinner.

    3. To provide (a person or animal) with supper.

      • Horns in the night-season are heard a great way off, and in the winter-season were blown at every farmer’s house about eight at night when they suppered the horses and cows; […]
      • I went to supper up my horses, and heard somebody; […] After suppering the horses, I went into the house, and saw Stacey, who asked me if I had suppered the horses.

    4. A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).

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Derived

box supper, brupper, bump supper, Burns supper, churn supper, covered dish supper, cowboy supper, faith supper, fall supper, fish supper, harvest supper, kern supper, kitchen supper, Last Supper, Lord's Supper, lupper, pie supper, progressive supper, rere-supper, safari supper, sing for one's supper, song and supper room, supper club, supper hour, supper-hour, supperless, suppermate, supper time, suppertime, supper-time, supperwards, supperware, unsuppered

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA