minicup

plural minicups · alternative mini-cup · alternative mini cup

1. car racingA miniature version of one of the cars used in NASCAR's Sprint Cup events, used in races run by the Miniature Motorsports Racing Association.

   The detail and craftsmanship of minicup race cars give them a big-car look.

   2005, Rusty Wallace, How to Get Started in Stock Car Racing, →ISBN, page 19

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   Yarbrough told investigators her minicup suddenly accelerated when she stepped on the brake.

   1990, Press Summary - Illinois Information Service, page 25

   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).

   2009, Bob Woods, Wild Racers, →ISBN, page 15

2. A cup (any sense) that is extra small.

   A Tupperware minicup was used as a diffusion bottle.

   1986, H. Tsunoda, M.-H. Yu, Fluoride Research 1985, →ISBN

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   The vertical position of the hole can be adjusted as the minicup is mounted on a vertically-sliding shaft.

   2002, Mu Young Lee, Twinsol

   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.

   2013, J. D. Robb, Thankless in Death, →ISBN, page 37

   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.

   2014, Tarek M. Shaarawy, Mark B. Sherwood, Roger A. Hitchings, Glaucoma, →ISBN, page 218