SUPPER

supper

(noun) a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime

supper

(noun) a social gathering where a light evening meal is served; “her suppers often included celebrities”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

supper (countable and uncountable, plural suppers)

Food consumed before going to bed.

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

(Scotland, Northern Ireland, slang) A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.

Synonyms

• (meal): dinner; evening meal; see also meal

Verb

supper (third-person singular simple present suppers, present participle suppering, simple past and past participle suppered)

To consume a snack before retiring.

To eat dinner (see above).

Etymology 2

Noun

supper (plural suppers)

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

Anagrams

• Ruppes, uppers

Source: Wiktionary

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Sup"per, n. Etym: [OE. soper, super, OF. super, soper, F. souper; originally an infinitive, to sup, take a meal. See Soup, and cf. Sup to take supper.]

Definition: A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.

Note: Supper is much used in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, supper time or supper-time, supper bell, supper hour, etc.

Sup"per, v. i.

Definition: To take supper; to sup. [R.]

Sup"per, v. t.

Definition: To supply with supper. [R.] "Kester was suppering the horses." Mrs. Gaskell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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