"cup of coffee" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-cup of coffee.ogg Forms: cups of coffee [plural]
Etymology: Based on the idea that the player was only there long enough to have a cup of coffee. Head templates: {{en-noun|cups of coffee}} cup of coffee (plural cups of coffee)
  1. (ice hockey, baseball, slang) The situation where a minor league player comes up to the major league team for a short period of time. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Baseball, Ice hockey
    Sense id: en-cup_of_coffee-en-noun-H3JhVCJa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 16 5 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 18 8 3 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports
  2. (figurative) One’s personal preference. Tags: figuratively Synonyms (preference): cup of joe
    Sense id: en-cup_of_coffee-en-noun-GZC8FmEm Disambiguation of 'preference': 10 79 9 2
  3. (euphemistic) An invitation to have sex. Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-cup_of_coffee-en-noun-Um61~CS7 Categories (other): English euphemisms
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cup, coffee. Synonyms: cup of tea, predilection
    Sense id: en-cup_of_coffee-en-noun-NwhqygPN

Inflected forms

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