a couple

idiom

informal

1

: two or a few (of something)

Can you give me a couple more examples?

This one costs a couple dollars less than that one.

—In informal U.S. English, a couple can be used like a couple of

I lost interest in the book after a couple chapters.

We met a couple years ago.

2

: two or a few

"How many drinks have you had?" "Oh, just a couple."

Examples of a couple in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So it’s been a couple years since both guys and both teams were really in the mix. —Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024

Brush piles with enough cover can hold a couple deer, and breeding pairs often shack up in such spots. —Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024

For a couple in June, a five-night stay starts from just over £1,500. —Tess Foley-Cox, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024

Just past his backyard fence, gray billows of smoke filled the sky above the ridgeline and flames could be seen chewing through sagebrush just a couple miles away. —Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024