teacup

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tea·cup1 /ˈtiːkʌp/ noun [countable]  DFUa cup that you serve tea in 茶杯 → storm in a teacup at storm1(5)

Examples from the Corpus

teacup• Both are trying to present the disagreement as a storm in a teacup.• Within Dotty's hearing a home pirate remarked that he thought it had all been a storm in a teacup.• This disagreement between the different schools of thought is more than just a storm in an academic teacup.• What do you compare when choosing whether to jump into the teacup?• Instead, ask whether the benefits of the teacup outweigh the cost.• Tattling about him over the teacups.• No longer did they s? ore their teacups on the windowsill.• The twirling teacups of the Mad Tea Party are perfect.teacup2 adjective  nteacup dog/pig/cat etc a very small dog, pig, cat etc that is kept as a pet and often carried around

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teacup
tea‧cup /ˈtiːkʌp/ noun [countable]
a cup that you serve tea in
⇨ storm in a teacup at storm¹(5)

tea·cupBrE /ˈtiːkʌp/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtiːkʌp/ 🔊 nouna cup in which tea is served 茶杯●a tempest in a ˈteapot(NAmE) (BrE a storm in a ˈteacup) a lot of anger or worry about sth that is not important 茶杯里的风暴；大惊小怪；小题大做