supper
/ˈsʌpɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.
Countable; Slang; Uncountable
noun
A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).
Example Sentences
- "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!"
- "We normally have supper at 7."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsʌpɚ/
- British English: /ˈsʌpə/