sup

Meanings

Verb

• To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon.
• To take supper.

Noun

• A sip; a small amount of food or drink.
• Superintendent.
• Supremum, upper limit.
• Supplement.

Interjection

• what's up (either as a greeting or actual question)

Adjective

• Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of an up quark.

Origin

• From Middle English soupen, from Old English sūpan, from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną (compare Dutch zuipen, German saufen, Swedish supa), from Proto-Indo-European *sub-, compare Sanskrit सूप, from *sewe. More at suck.
• From Middle English soupen, suppen, Anglo-Norman super, from supe, soupe. More at soup.
• Aphetic form of what's up
• From s- + up.
• First syllable of superintendent.
• First syllable of superior.