supper

UK /ˈsʌpə/ US /ˈsʌpɚ/
noun 4verb 3

Definitions

noun

1

Food consumed before going to bed.

There he stood, with admirable patience, […] longing to go to rest for hours past; aware that suppers disagreed with him […] so tired and longing for bed!

2

Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.

We normally have supper at 7.

3

A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.

a fish supper

Roisin the savior paraded into the front room with three fish suppers, one sausage supper, one single fish, one single chips, a single sausage, a chicken and chips, and three curry and chips.

verb

1

To consume a snack before going to bed.

2

To eat dinner.

3

To provide (a person or animal) with supper.

Horns in the night-season are heard a great way off, and in the winter-season were blown at every farmer’s house about eight at night when they suppered the horses and cows; […]

I went to supper up my horses, and heard somebody; […] After suppering the horses, I went into the house, and saw Stacey, who asked me if I had suppered the horses.

noun

1

A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).

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