Definition of supper in English:

supper

noun ˈsʌpəˈsəpər

1An evening meal, typically a light or informal one.
we had a delicious cold supper
mass noun I was sent to bed without any supper
Example sentencesExamples
- You might just end up without any supper for the evening.
- The three carried their supper into the living room and after a few mouthfuls of tea, picked up their instruments.
- But then his mom told him to clean his room and get washed up for supper.
- Two of her four children were in their locked bedroom, waiting for their supper.
- Card tables were set up, a good supper was enjoyed and plenty of gossip ensued.
- Originating in London, the spa towns and developing seaside resorts to provide entertainment for their seasonal influx of visitors, Assemblies consisted of a concert followed by dancing, card games and a light supper.
- He chooses times of day when the lights are just coming on, twilight or early evening, when people are still awake, maybe congregating in a single room for supper or to watch TV.
- After they eat supper, they argue over the remnants of the basket of mushrooms.
- Traditional Spanish tapas bars serve meat, cheese, tortillas and salads as the light evening supper, and Spanish wine flows freely, as does olive oil.
- He sits there for a while, but a nurse comes along and makes him get some supper.
- Then he'd play catch with his son for 15 or 20 or 30 minutes before supper.
- She'll be having her supper on a tray, watching the sundown birds.
- They will be greeted with a light supper before heading to the local pub for a drink.
- The tour will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., followed by a light supper and social hour.
- It was obviously meant for family meals or private informal suppers with friends.
- They had all eaten poisonous mushrooms for supper, except the boy, who was denied supper as a punishment, because he had misbehaved.
Synonyms
dinner, evening meal, main meal
feast, banquet, repast
British tea
evening snack
informal bite, bite to eat
formal collation, refection
1. 1.1Northern English, Scottish with modifier A meal consisting of the specified food with chips.
  a fish supper
  Example sentencesExamples
  For the price of a fish supper, you can be in a public space with them, sometimes so close you can actually smell the fear!
  But his hymn to a vanishing craft is somewhat undercut by his ruthlessly unsentimental portrait of the human cost it exacted and of the appalling risks men endured so that others could enjoy a fish supper.

Phrases

sing for one's supper

Earn a favour or benefit by providing a service in return.
the cruise lecturers are academics singing for their supper
Example sentencesExamples
- Reason is I'm doing a bit of network support for a friend while I'm there - singing for my supper, as it were.
- Whether it would guarantee her success in the big race was another matter, but nobody expects her to sing for her supper every night.
- But I sometimes wonder what it would be like to just be a normal guest, rather than someone who sings for their supper.
- For once in your life, you don't have to sing for your supper.
- Decades ago, my dad said, ‘You never know when you might need to sing for your supper.’
- This is one of those moments where publicists really have to break out the creativity and sing for their supper.
- All sang for their supper, offering the principal selling points of their country and their people: ‘Abundance of cheap labour… a treasure house of resources… a captive market.’
- Though ostensibly a study of contemporary trends, the programme relied almost exclusively on picturesque images from the long-gone era of horse-drawn wagons, roadside tinsmithery and jolly beggarmen singing for their supper.
- Frankly, if they're not going to sing for their supper, they should go straight out the door’.
- A colleague rather unkindly called it singing for our supper every evening of our lives!

Derivatives

supperless

adjective ˈsʌpələsˈsəpərləs

The men had no water to drink and no food to eat, for they had no water in which to cook their rice, so they went thirsty and supperless to bed.
Example sentencesExamples
- I threw everything out on the floor of the hotel room, crawled shivering and supperless to bed and lay in a miserable huddle.
- Exposed to the fury of the wind and storm, shelterless, supperless, overwhelmed with discouragements, the entire party sank down exhausted upon the snow.
- Nearly two hundred and fifty years ago, Benjamin Franklin observed that it is ‘better to go to bed supperless than wake up in debt.’

Origin

Middle English: from Old French super 'to sup' (used as a noun) (see sup²).

sop from Old English:
The Old English word sop first meant ‘to dip bread in liquid’—Chaucer says of his Franklin ‘Wel loved he in the morn a sop in wyn’—but nowadays a sop is something you do or offer as a concession to appease someone. This was originally used in the phrase a sop to Cerberus, referring to the monstrous three-headed watchdog which, in Greek mythology, guarded the entrance of Hades. In the Aeneid Virgil describes how the witch guiding Aeneas to the underworld threw a drugged cake to Cerberus, which allowed the hero to pass the monster in safety. When soppy, which comes from sop, first appeared in English in the early 19th century it meant ‘soaked with water’, not tears, as you might expect today from a feeble, sentimental soppy person. The writer H. G. Wells was one of the first to use the word in this sense. Soup (Middle English) comes from the French form of the same word. The American from soup to nuts for ‘from beginning to end’ dates from the early 20th century, while in the soup, also originally American and a variant of being in hot water is slightly earlier. Sip (Old English), sup (Old English), and supper (Middle English) go back to the same root.

Rhymes

crupper, cuppa, scupper, upper

Definition of supper in US English:

supper

nounˈsəpərˈsəpər

An evening meal, typically a light or informal one.
we had a delicious cold supper
I was sent to bed without any supper
Example sentencesExamples
- But then his mom told him to clean his room and get washed up for supper.
- She'll be having her supper on a tray, watching the sundown birds.
- The three carried their supper into the living room and after a few mouthfuls of tea, picked up their instruments.
- They will be greeted with a light supper before heading to the local pub for a drink.
- It was obviously meant for family meals or private informal suppers with friends.
- Two of her four children were in their locked bedroom, waiting for their supper.
- Originating in London, the spa towns and developing seaside resorts to provide entertainment for their seasonal influx of visitors, Assemblies consisted of a concert followed by dancing, card games and a light supper.
- Traditional Spanish tapas bars serve meat, cheese, tortillas and salads as the light evening supper, and Spanish wine flows freely, as does olive oil.
- Card tables were set up, a good supper was enjoyed and plenty of gossip ensued.
- After they eat supper, they argue over the remnants of the basket of mushrooms.
- You might just end up without any supper for the evening.
- He sits there for a while, but a nurse comes along and makes him get some supper.
- He chooses times of day when the lights are just coming on, twilight or early evening, when people are still awake, maybe congregating in a single room for supper or to watch TV.
- Then he'd play catch with his son for 15 or 20 or 30 minutes before supper.
- The tour will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., followed by a light supper and social hour.
- They had all eaten poisonous mushrooms for supper, except the boy, who was denied supper as a punishment, because he had misbehaved.
Synonyms
dinner, evening meal, main meal
evening snack

Phrases

sing for one's supper

Earn a favor or benefit by providing a service in return.
the cruise lecturers are academics singing for their supper
Example sentencesExamples
- Frankly, if they're not going to sing for their supper, they should go straight out the door’.
- This is one of those moments where publicists really have to break out the creativity and sing for their supper.
- Whether it would guarantee her success in the big race was another matter, but nobody expects her to sing for her supper every night.
- Reason is I'm doing a bit of network support for a friend while I'm there - singing for my supper, as it were.
- A colleague rather unkindly called it singing for our supper every evening of our lives!
- Though ostensibly a study of contemporary trends, the programme relied almost exclusively on picturesque images from the long-gone era of horse-drawn wagons, roadside tinsmithery and jolly beggarmen singing for their supper.
- All sang for their supper, offering the principal selling points of their country and their people: ‘Abundance of cheap labour… a treasure house of resources… a captive market.’
- But I sometimes wonder what it would be like to just be a normal guest, rather than someone who sings for their supper.
- For once in your life, you don't have to sing for your supper.
- Decades ago, my dad said, ‘You never know when you might need to sing for your supper.’

Origin

Middle English: from Old French super ‘to sup’ (used as a noun) (see sup).

单词	supper
释义	Definition of supper in English: supper noun ˈsʌpəˈsəpər 1An evening meal, typically a light or informal one. we had a delicious cold supper mass noun I was sent to bed without any supper Example sentencesExamples You might just end up without any supper for the evening. The three carried their supper into the living room and after a few mouthfuls of tea, picked up their instruments. But then his mom told him to clean his room and get washed up for supper. Two of her four children were in their locked bedroom, waiting for their supper. Card tables were set up, a good supper was enjoyed and plenty of gossip ensued. Originating in London, the spa towns and developing seaside resorts to provide entertainment for their seasonal influx of visitors, Assemblies consisted of a concert followed by dancing, card games and a light supper. He chooses times of day when the lights are just coming on, twilight or early evening, when people are still awake, maybe congregating in a single room for supper or to watch TV. After they eat supper, they argue over the remnants of the basket of mushrooms. Traditional Spanish tapas bars serve meat, cheese, tortillas and salads as the light evening supper, and Spanish wine flows freely, as does olive oil. He sits there for a while, but a nurse comes along and makes him get some supper. Then he'd play catch with his son for 15 or 20 or 30 minutes before supper. She'll be having her supper on a tray, watching the sundown birds. They will be greeted with a light supper before heading to the local pub for a drink. The tour will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., followed by a light supper and social hour. It was obviously meant for family meals or private informal suppers with friends. They had all eaten poisonous mushrooms for supper, except the boy, who was denied supper as a punishment, because he had misbehaved. Synonyms dinner, evening meal, main meal feast, banquet, repast British tea evening snack informal bite, bite to eat formal collation, refection 1.1Northern English, Scottish with modifier A meal consisting of the specified food with chips. a fish supper Example sentencesExamples For the price of a fish supper, you can be in a public space with them, sometimes so close you can actually smell the fear! But his hymn to a vanishing craft is somewhat undercut by his ruthlessly unsentimental portrait of the human cost it exacted and of the appalling risks men endured so that others could enjoy a fish supper. Phrases sing for one's supper Earn a favour or benefit by providing a service in return. the cruise lecturers are academics singing for their supper Example sentencesExamples Reason is I'm doing a bit of network support for a friend while I'm there - singing for my supper, as it were. Whether it would guarantee her success in the big race was another matter, but nobody expects her to sing for her supper every night. But I sometimes wonder what it would be like to just be a normal guest, rather than someone who sings for their supper. For once in your life, you don't have to sing for your supper. Decades ago, my dad said, ‘You never know when you might need to sing for your supper.’ This is one of those moments where publicists really have to break out the creativity and sing for their supper. All sang for their supper, offering the principal selling points of their country and their people: ‘Abundance of cheap labour… a treasure house of resources… a captive market.’ Though ostensibly a study of contemporary trends, the programme relied almost exclusively on picturesque images from the long-gone era of horse-drawn wagons, roadside tinsmithery and jolly beggarmen singing for their supper. Frankly, if they're not going to sing for their supper, they should go straight out the door’. A colleague rather unkindly called it singing for our supper every evening of our lives! Derivatives supperless adjective ˈsʌpələsˈsəpərləs The men had no water to drink and no food to eat, for they had no water in which to cook their rice, so they went thirsty and supperless to bed. Example sentencesExamples I threw everything out on the floor of the hotel room, crawled shivering and supperless to bed and lay in a miserable huddle. Exposed to the fury of the wind and storm, shelterless, supperless, overwhelmed with discouragements, the entire party sank down exhausted upon the snow. Nearly two hundred and fifty years ago, Benjamin Franklin observed that it is ‘better to go to bed supperless than wake up in debt.’ Origin Middle English: from Old French super 'to sup' (used as a noun) (see sup²). sop from Old English: The Old English word sop first meant ‘to dip bread in liquid’—Chaucer says of his Franklin ‘Wel loved he in the morn a sop in wyn’—but nowadays a sop is something you do or offer as a concession to appease someone. This was originally used in the phrase a sop to Cerberus, referring to the monstrous three-headed watchdog which, in Greek mythology, guarded the entrance of Hades. In the Aeneid Virgil describes how the witch guiding Aeneas to the underworld threw a drugged cake to Cerberus, which allowed the hero to pass the monster in safety. When soppy, which comes from sop, first appeared in English in the early 19th century it meant ‘soaked with water’, not tears, as you might expect today from a feeble, sentimental soppy person. The writer H. G. Wells was one of the first to use the word in this sense. Soup (Middle English) comes from the French form of the same word. The American from soup to nuts for ‘from beginning to end’ dates from the early 20th century, while in the soup, also originally American and a variant of being in hot water is slightly earlier. Sip (Old English), sup (Old English), and supper (Middle English) go back to the same root. Rhymes crupper, cuppa, scupper, upper noun.1 phr. Definition of supper in US English: supper nounˈsəpərˈsəpər An evening meal, typically a light or informal one. we had a delicious cold supper I was sent to bed without any supper Example sentencesExamples But then his mom told him to clean his room and get washed up for supper. She'll be having her supper on a tray, watching the sundown birds. The three carried their supper into the living room and after a few mouthfuls of tea, picked up their instruments. They will be greeted with a light supper before heading to the local pub for a drink. It was obviously meant for family meals or private informal suppers with friends. Two of her four children were in their locked bedroom, waiting for their supper. Originating in London, the spa towns and developing seaside resorts to provide entertainment for their seasonal influx of visitors, Assemblies consisted of a concert followed by dancing, card games and a light supper. Traditional Spanish tapas bars serve meat, cheese, tortillas and salads as the light evening supper, and Spanish wine flows freely, as does olive oil. Card tables were set up, a good supper was enjoyed and plenty of gossip ensued. After they eat supper, they argue over the remnants of the basket of mushrooms. You might just end up without any supper for the evening. He sits there for a while, but a nurse comes along and makes him get some supper. He chooses times of day when the lights are just coming on, twilight or early evening, when people are still awake, maybe congregating in a single room for supper or to watch TV. Then he'd play catch with his son for 15 or 20 or 30 minutes before supper. The tour will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., followed by a light supper and social hour. They had all eaten poisonous mushrooms for supper, except the boy, who was denied supper as a punishment, because he had misbehaved. Synonyms dinner, evening meal, main meal evening snack Phrases sing for one's supper Earn a favor or benefit by providing a service in return. the cruise lecturers are academics singing for their supper Example sentencesExamples Frankly, if they're not going to sing for their supper, they should go straight out the door’. This is one of those moments where publicists really have to break out the creativity and sing for their supper. Whether it would guarantee her success in the big race was another matter, but nobody expects her to sing for her supper every night. Reason is I'm doing a bit of network support for a friend while I'm there - singing for my supper, as it were. A colleague rather unkindly called it singing for our supper every evening of our lives! Though ostensibly a study of contemporary trends, the programme relied almost exclusively on picturesque images from the long-gone era of horse-drawn wagons, roadside tinsmithery and jolly beggarmen singing for their supper. All sang for their supper, offering the principal selling points of their country and their people: ‘Abundance of cheap labour… a treasure house of resources… a captive market.’ But I sometimes wonder what it would be like to just be a normal guest, rather than someone who sings for their supper. For once in your life, you don't have to sing for your supper. Decades ago, my dad said, ‘You never know when you might need to sing for your supper.’ Origin Middle English: from Old French super ‘to sup’ (used as a noun) (see sup). noun.1 phr.
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