minicup

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English

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Etymology

From mini- +‎ cup.

Noun

minicup (plural minicups)

  1. (car racing) A miniature version of one of the cars used in NASCAR's Sprint Cup events, used in races run by the Miniature Motorsports Racing Association.
    • 1990, Press Summary - Illinois Information Service, page 25:
      Yarbrough told investigators her minicup suddenly accelerated when she stepped on the brake.
    • 2005, Rusty Wallace, How to Get Started in Stock Car Racing, →ISBN, page 19:
      The detail and craftsmanship of minicup race cars give them a big-car look.
    • 2009, Bob Woods, Wild Racers, →ISBN, page 15:
      Because of the cars' size, minicup drivers as young as eight years old race in a youth division. The sport is run by the Miniature Motorsports Racing Association (MMRA).
  2. A cup (any sense) that is extra small.
    • 1986, H. Tsunoda, M.-H. Yu, Fluoride Research 1985, →ISBN:
      A Tupperware minicup was used as a diffusion bottle.
    • 2002, Mu Young Lee, Twinsol:
      The vertical position of the hole can be adjusted as the minicup is mounted on a vertically-sliding shaft.
    • 2013, J. D. Robb, Thankless in Death, →ISBN, page 37:
      He slid the pie and a minicup of black-as-the-soul-of-midnight coffee into a delivery slot, danced his fingers over the keypad, and sent it on its way.
    • 2014, Tarek M. Shaarawy, Mark B. Sherwood, Roger A. Hitchings, Glaucoma, →ISBN, page 218:
      It is of utmost importance to the detection of glaucoma in eyes with a pseudonormal but glaucomatous minicup in the minidiscs, and it is useful to classify and eye with a psedudoglaucomatous but normal large cup in a large disc as normal.