supper
IPA: sˈʌpɝ
noun
- Food consumed before going to bed.
- Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
- (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England, slang) A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.
- A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).
verb
- To consume a snack before going to bed.
- To eat dinner.
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Examples of "supper" in Sentences
- Kids say the supper is a huge upgrade over the skimpy snacks.
- Now the term supper club to me conjures up images of 80yo's and membership cards.
- Then they found a small restaurant and got what they called supper, although it was not a very good meal.
- We change our dinner into what you call supper, and we will have the dining table moved out under the trees there.
- I don't know where the term supper club was coined, or if it is a Wisconsin thang, but I have asked friends out east and none of them have heard of the term.
- With this in mind, and perhaps 18 local ears cocked in close attendance, when I reached the head of the Golden Fry queue I heard myself round off the word 'supper' in a ridiculous thrumming roll.
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